The reliability of global and hemispheric surface temperature records

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 269-282

  Jones, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

SST; surface temperature data; temperature biases; temperature homogeneity; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953439332     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-015-5194-4     Document Type: Review

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