A comparison of methods for filling gaps in hourly near-surface air temperature data

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 929-945

  Henn, Brian ^a   Raleigh, Mark S ^a   Fisher, Alex ^a,b   Lundquist, Jessica D ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881505676     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-027.1     Document Type: Article

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