Trends and variations in South Pacific Island and ocean surface temperatures

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2859-2874

  Folland, Chris K ^a   Salinger, M J ^b   Jiang, N ^c   Rayner, N A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c New South Wales Dept Educ/Training   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0141906320     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2859:TAVISP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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