Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Rayner, N A ^a   Parker, D E ^a   Horton, E B ^a   Folland, C K ^a   Alexander, L V ^a   Rowell, D P ^a   Kent, E C ^b   Kaplan, A ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Climate change; Climate data reconstruction; Night marine air temperature; Sea ice; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0742305193     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002670     Document Type: Article

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