Uncertainties in central England temperature 1878-2003 and some improvements to the maximum and minimum series

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1173-1188

  Parker, David ^a   Horton, Briony ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biases; Central England; Climatic variations; Extremes; Temperature; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; THERMOMETERS;

AREAL SAMPLING; DIURNAL RANGE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TIME SCALES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23044480422     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1190     Document Type: Article

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