Monitoring European average temperature based on the E-OBS gridded data set

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5120-5135

  Van Der Schrier, G ^a   Van Den Besselaar, E J M ^a   Klein Tank, A M G ^a   Verver, G ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate monitoring; E OBS data; European temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INTERPOLATION;

CLIMATE MONITORING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; E-OBS DATA; HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; STATISTICAL INTERPOLATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAP; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION; WARMING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880258647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50444     Document Type: Article

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