Global warming trend of mean tropospheric temperature observed by satellites

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5643, 2003, Pages 269-272

  Vinnikov, Konstantin Y ^a   Grody, Norman C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DIURNAL CYCLES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

GLOBAL WARMING; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

ACCURACY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0141993689     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1087910     Document Type: Article

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