The definition of the standard WMO climate normal: The key to deriving alternative climate normals

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 699-704

  Arguez, Anthony ^a   Vose, Russell S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SCIENTISTS; FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTES; FUTURE CLIMATE; GENERALIZED EQUATIONS; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

STANDARDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79961079526     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010BAMS2955.1     Document Type: Article

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