Uncertainty in signals of large-scale climate variations in radiosonde and satellite upper-air temperature datasets

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2225-2240

  Seidel, D J ^a   Angell, J K ^a   Christy, J ^b   Free, M ^a   Klein, S A ^a   Lanzante, J R ^a   Mears, C ^c   Parker, D ^d   Schabel, M ^c   Spencer, R ^b   Sterin, A ^e   Thorne, P ^d   Wentz, F ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e All Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information World Data Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; OSCILLATIONS; RADIOSONDES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DATA PRODUCTS; DATASETS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATIONS (QBO);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 2942629670     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2225:UISOLC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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