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The Annual Cycle Part I: The Annual Variation of Surface Temperature Over the United States and Canada

Abstract

Daily maximum and minimum surface temperatures for 354 second-order U.S. and Canadian stations generally spanning 40-80 years are used to calculate the following quantities for each station: (i) daily mean maximum, minimum, and average temperatures for each day of the year; (ii) monthly, seasonal, and annual means; (iii) the amplitudes and phases of the mean annual cycle; (iv) the interannual variability of each of the aforementioned quantities; and (v) mean spectra for the four seasons. Several examples from individual stations are chosen to illustrate various regional and local peculiarities. Enough information is provided to allow the modeling of the annual surface temperature cycle and its variability.

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document

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http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7r49q5p

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eng

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geoscientificInformation

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Text

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publication

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2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE > 24 HOUR MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE > 24 HOUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

originating controlled vocabulary

title

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory

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revision

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2021-09-17

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publication

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1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Copyright Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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None

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OpenSky Support

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UCAR/NCAR - Library

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PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

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opensky@ucar.edu

web address

http://opensky.ucar.edu/

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OpenSky Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Library

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

opensky@ucar.edu

web address

http://opensky.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-08-18T18:04:09.330380

Metadata language

eng; USA