A method to determine station density requirements for climate observing networks

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2961-2971

  Vose, Russell S ^a   Menne, Matthew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATION DENSITY; STATION NETWORKS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANOMALY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER STATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344678109     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2961:AMTDSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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