Uncertainties in early Central England temperatures

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1105-1113

  Parker, David E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biases; Central England; Inter diurnal variability; Temperature; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ENGLAND; CLIMATE EVENT; CLIMATE RECORD; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; ENGLAND; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATURAL VARIABILITY; SINGLE SITES; SPATIAL SAMPLING; STANDARD ERRORS; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

ERRORS; STANDARDS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954364259     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1967     Document Type: Article

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