Stratospheric influences on MSU-derived tropospheric temperature trends: A direct error analysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4636-4640

  Fu, Qiang ^a   Johanson, Celeste M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONTAMINATION; COOLING; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVES; SCANNING; TROPOSPHERE;

ANGULAR SCANNING; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS (MSU); STRATOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COOLING; ERROR ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 12344273027     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3267.1     Document Type: Article

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