Comparison of mean climate trends in the Northern Hemisphere between National Centers for Environmental Prediction and two atmosphere-ocean model forced runs

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages ACL-7-1-ACL-7-13

  Lucarini, Valerio ^a   Russell, Gary L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric data; Climate trends detection; Comparison with NCEP data; Historical climate change; Northern Hemisphere climatology; Statistical methods in climate data analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 3843121519     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001247     Document Type: Article

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