Are there spurious precipitation trends in the United States Climate Division database?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Keim, Barry D ^a   Fischer, Michelle Russo ^a   Wilson, Adam M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE DIVISION DATASETS (CDD); CLIMATE DIVISIONAL DATA;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); EARTH SCIENCES;

ANOMALY; DATABASE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANNUAL TRENDS; CLIMATE DIVISION DATASETS; CLIMATE DIVISIONAL DATA; NEW ENGLAND; PRECIPITATION TRENDS;

EID: 19744370903     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021985     Document Type: Article

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