Modelling current trends in Northern Hemisphere temperatures

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 867-884

  Mills, Terence C ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filters; Non parametric modelling; Northern Hemisphere temperature; Smooth transition; Trend extraction; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NON-PARAMETRIC MODELLING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TEMPERATURE; TREND EXTRACTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 33745247207     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1286     Document Type: Article

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