Maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5324, 1997, Pages 364-367

  Easterling, David R ^a   Horton, Briony ^b   Jones, Philip D ^c   Peterson, Thomas C ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^a   Parker, David E ^b   Salinger, M James ^d   Razuvayev, Vyacheslav ^e   Plummer, Neil ^f   Jamason, Paul ^g   Folland, Christopher K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e Russ Res Inst H   (Russian Federation)

^f BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^g National Climatic Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WEATHER PATTERN; MAXIMUM TEMPERATE; MINIMUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE TREND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 9844226794     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5324.364     Document Type: Article

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