Revisiting radiosonde upper air temperatures from 1958 to 2002

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Thorne, Peter W ^a   Parker, David E ^a   Tett, Simon F B ^b   Jones, Phil D ^c   McCarthy, Mark ^a   Coleman, Holly ^a   Brohan, Philip ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIOSONDE;

EID: 27744578726     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005753     Document Type: Article

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