An objective determination of optimal site locations for detecting expected trends in upper-air temperature and total column ozone

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7653-7665

  Kreher, K ^a,b   Bodeker, G E ^a   Sigmond, M ^c  

^a BODEKER SCIENTIFIC   (New Zealand)

^b BK Scientific   (Germany)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DETECTION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85006942921     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7653-2015     Document Type: Article

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