Marine observations of old weather

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-230

  Brohan, Philip ^a   Allan, Rob ^a   Freeman, J Eric ^b   Waple, Anne M ^c   Wheeler, Dennis ^d   Wilkinson, Clive ^e   Woodruff, Scott ^f  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC   (United States)

^c STG Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA-SETS; ELECTRONIC FORMS; MARINE OBSERVATIONS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; ROYAL NAVIES; SURFACE CLIMATES; TWENTIETH CENTURIES; WEATHER OBSERVATIONS; WORLD WARS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 64949121189     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2522.1     Document Type: Article

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