Climate signal detection times and constraints on climate benchmark accuracy requirements

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 841-846

  Leroy, Stephen S ^a,c   Anderson, James G ^a   Ohring, George ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; LINEAR REGRESSION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLIMATE TRENDS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; DETECTION METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE MISSION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 40849105243     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1946.1     Document Type: Article

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