Application of the singular spectrum analysis technique to study the recent hiatus on the global surface temperature record

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Macias, Diego ^a   Stips, Adolf ^a   Garcia Gorriz, Elisa ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOLING; DATA BASE; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREND STUDY; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84922570453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107222     Document Type: Article

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