Radiosonde temperature trends and their uncertainties over eastern China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1269-1281

  Guo, Yanjun ^a,c,d   Thorne, Peter W ^b   McCarthy, Mark P ^b   Tichner, Holly A ^b   Huang, Binxun ^c   Zhai, Panmao ^a   Ding, Yihui ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Radiosonde temperature; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FOOD PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RADIOSONDES; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BREAK-POINTS; CHINA; DETECTION METHODS; EASTERN CHINA; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; RADIOSONDE TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; UNCERTAINTY;

METADATA;

RADIOSONDE; TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 49549091960     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1633     Document Type: Article

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