Homogenization of the global radiosonde temperature dataset through combined comparison with reanalysis background series and neighboring stations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8108-8131

  Haimberger, Leopold ^a   Tavolato, Christina ^a   Sperka, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climatology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED METHODS; BREAK DATES; CLIMATE DATA; DATA SETS; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERPOLATION ERROR; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; RADIOSONDE TEMPERATURE; REANALYSIS; REMOTE STATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; VARYING PARAMETERS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ERRORS; INTERPOLATION; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

RADIOSONDES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; INTERPOLATION; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865748531     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00668.1     Document Type: Article

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