Detecting and adjusting temporal inhomogeneity in Chinese mean surface air temperature data

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 260-268

  Li, Qingxiang ^a   Liu, Xiaoning ^a   Zhang, Hongzheng ^a   Peterson, Thomas C ^b   Easterling, David R ^b  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b National Climatic Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Homogeneity; Surface air temperature; Testing and adjusting

Indexed keywords

EID: 16544370835     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02915712     Document Type: Article

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