A statistical method for separating urban effect trends from observed temperature data and its application to Japanese temperature records

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 639-653

  Kato, Hisashi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

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EID: 0039924698     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.5_639     Document Type: Article

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