Surface air temperature records biased by snow-covered surface

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1223-1236

  Lin, X ^a   Hubbard, K G ^a   Baker, C B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental data; Measurement; Snow; Surface temperature; Temperature bias; Temperature radiation shield

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE REFRENCE NETWORK (CRN); COOLING BIAS; GROUND SURFACES; TEMPERATURE BIASES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER;

EID: 23044446709     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1184     Document Type: Article

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