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Global ensemble of temperatures over 1850–2018: quantification of uncertainties in observations, coverage, and spatial modeling (GETQUOCS)
Maryam Ilyas
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Department of Statistical Science, University College London, London, UK
College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences,
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Douglas Nychka
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Chris Brierley
Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Serge Guillas
Department of Statistical Science, University College London, London, UK
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Simon Opie, Richard G. Taylor, Chris M. Brierley, Mohammad Shamsudduha, and Mark O. Cuthbert
Earth Syst. Dynam., 11, 775–791, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-775-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-775-2020, 2020
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Instrumental temperature records are fundamental to climate science. There are spatial gaps in the distribution of these measurements across the globe. This lack of spatial coverage introduces coverage error. In this research, a methodology is developed and used to quantify the coverage errors. It results in a data product that, for the first time, provides a full description of both the spatial coverage uncertainties along with the uncertainties in the modeling of these spatial gaps.
Instrumental temperature records are fundamental to climate science. There are spatial gaps in...
