Radiosonde atmospheric temperature products for assessing climate (RATPAC): A new data set of large-area anomaly time series

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Free, Melissa ^a   Seidel, Dian J ^a   Angell, James K ^a   Lanzante, John ^a   Durre, Imke ^b   Peterson, Thomas C ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; RADIOSONDE; TIME SERIES;

EID: 30144440149     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006169     Document Type: Article

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