Recent changes in surface humidity: Development of the HadCRUH dataset

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5364-5383

  Willett, Katharine M ^a,b,c   Jones, Philip D ^a   Gillett, Nathan P ^a   Thorne, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES; CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; CLIMATE SYSTEMS; CLIMATIC RESEARCHES; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES; GLOBAL SURFACES; GLOBAL TRENDS; GREENHOUSE GASSES; HEAT STRESSES; MAJOR FACTORS; MARINE COMPONENTS; MONTHLY MEAN ANOMALIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POSITIVE BIASES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY TRENDS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPECIFIC HUMIDITIES; SURFACE HUMIDITIES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

DATA SET; DEW POINT; ESTIMATION METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 56349091473     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2274.1     Document Type: Article

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