Progress in research on homogenization of climate data

Advances in Climate Change Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 59-67

  Cao, Li Juan ^a   Yan, Zhong Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate observation; Homogeneity; Time series; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884132524     PISSN: 16749278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2012.00059     Document Type: Article

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