Estimation and representation of long-term (>40 year) trends of Northern-Hemisphere-gridded surface temperature: A note of caution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Soon, Willie W H ^a   Legates, David R ^b   Baliunas, Sallie L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DATA PADDING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 18144454080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019141     Document Type: Article

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