Influence of statistical methods and reference dates on describing temperature change in Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Bone, Christopher ^a   Alessa, Lilian ^a   Kliskey, Andrew ^a   Altaweel, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

20TH CENTURY; CLIMATIC EVENTS; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; ESTIMATING TEMPERATURES; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; MULTIPLE REFERENCES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TEMPORAL SCALE; WEATHER STATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER STATION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958148650     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014289     Document Type: Article

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