An assessment of the suitability of a plastic thermometer screen for climatic data collection

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-276

  Perry, Matthew C ^a   Prior, M J ^a   Parker, D E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Climate monitoring; Instrumentation; Plastic screen; Relative humidity; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; THERMOMETERS;

GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM; PLASTIC THERMOMETER SCREEN;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847034157     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1381     Document Type: Article

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