Coverage bias in the HadCRUT4 temperature series and its impact on recent temperature trends

Incomplete global coverage is a potential source of bias in global temperature reconstructions if the unsampled regions are not uniformly distributed over the planet's surface. The widely used Hadley Centre–Climatic Reseach Unit Version 4 (HadCRUT4) dataset covers on average about 84% of the gl...

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Published in:	Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Vol. 140; no. 683; pp. 1935 - 1944
Main Authors:	Cowtan, Kevin, Way, Robert G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.07.2014 Wiley Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change coverage bias Earth, ocean, space El Nino Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Geophysics. Techniques, methods, instrumentation and models Global temperatures instrumental temperature record Meteorology temperature trends Africa trend-surface analysis Objective analysis Bias climate warming Time series instrumental temperature record Missing data temperature trends Atmospheric temperature global change Optimum interpolation Planetary scale reconstruction climate change coverage bias
ISSN:	0035-9009, 1477-870X
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