A daily homogenized temperature data set for Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1510-1529

  Trewin, Blair ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Homogenization; Temperature data

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HOMOGENIZATION; MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; HOMOGENEITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876320314     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3530     Document Type: Article

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