On "observation minus reanalysis" method: A view from multidecadal variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7450-7458

  Wang, Jun ^a   Yan, Zhongwei ^a   Jones, Phil D ^b,c   Xia, Jiangjiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

multi decadal variability of climate; observation minus reanalysis method; temperature trends; urbanization effects

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; MULTI-DECADAL VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; REANALYSIS METHODS; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; URBANIZATION EFFECTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MAGNITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84882764435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50574     Document Type: Article

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