Uncertainties of temperature observation data in IPCC assessment report

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 828-838

  Wang, Fang ^a   Ge, Quansheng ^a   Chen, Panqin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Global network; IPCC; Temperature change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT ISLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350657199     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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