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Assessing atmospheric temperature data sets for climate studies

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v68.31503 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 31503 - 31503
Submitted on: Mar 3, 2016
Accepted on: Jul 4, 2016
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
atmosphere,
climate,
temperature,
trend

© 2016 Magnus Cederlöf, Lennart Bengtsson, Kevin I. Hodges, published by Stockholm University Press
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