Early ship observational data and ICOADS

Climatic Change

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 169-194

  Woodruff, Scott D ^a   Diaz, Henry F ^a   Worley, Steven J ^b   Reynolds, Richard W ^c   Lubker, Sandra J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; SHIPS;

CLIMATE RESEARCH; DATA SETS; LOGBOOKS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 28244490529     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-3456-3     Document Type: Review

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