A new estimate of the China temperature anomaly series and uncertainty assessment in 1900–2006

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Wang, Jinfeng ^a   Xu, Chengdong ^a   Hu, Maogui ^a   Li, Qinxiang ^b   Yan, Zhongwei ^c   Zhao, Ping ^d   Jones, Phil ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CMA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GLOBAL WARMING; TIME SERIES;

ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; BEST LINEAR UNBIASED ESTIMATION; CHINA; CONFIDENTIAL INTERVAL; ESTIMATION OF TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTOCORRELATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84893954689     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020542     Document Type: Article

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