Uncertainties, trends, and hottest and coldest years of U.S. surface air temperature since 1895: An update based on the USHCN V2 TOB data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4185-4203

  Shen, Samuel S P ^a   Lee, Christine K ^a   Lawrimore, Jay ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF MEANS; ARITHMETIC MEAN; COASTAL AREA; GRID-BOX; SAMPLING ERRORS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865161955     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00102.1     Document Type: Article

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