Uncertainties in gridded area-average monthly temperature, precipitation and sunshine for the United Kingdom

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1367-1378

  Legg, Tim ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error bars; Gridding; Monthly data; Rainfall; Temperature; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

CALIBRATION AND MEASUREMENTS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; ERROR BARS; GRIDDING; MONTHLY DATA; SAMPLING UNCERTAINTIES; TOTAL UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930381236     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4062     Document Type: Article

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