Homogenization and trend analysis of Canadian near-surface wind speeds

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1209-1225

  Wan, Hui ^a   Wang, Xiaolan L ^a   Swail, Val R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ARCTIC; CYCLONE ACTIVITY; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENT CHANGE; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; LONG-TERM TREND; MEAN SHIFT; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; OCEAN WAVES; SPATIAL CONSISTENCY; STATISTICAL HOMOGENEITY; SURFACE WINDS; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND DATA; WIND PROFILES; WIND SPEED;

ANEMOMETERS; METADATA; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL TESTS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

SPEED;

ANEMOMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE WIND; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953661370     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3200.1     Document Type: Article

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