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FROM VOLUME 7, NUMBER 5, MAY 1994

SPECIALIZED PAPER SUPPLEMENT... TREND ANALYSIS: TEMPERATURE

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"Estimating Urban Temperature Bias Using Polar-Orbiting Satellite Data," G.L. Johnson (USDA ARS, NW Watershed Res. Ctr., 800 Park Blvd., Boise ID 83712), J.M. Davis et al., J. Appl. Meteor., 33(3), 358-369, Mar. 1994.

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"Temporal Inhomogeneities in Radiosonde Temperature Records," D.J. Gaffen (ARL, NOAA, 1315 E.-W. Hwy., Silver Spring MD 20910), J. Geophys. Res., 99(D2), 3667-3676, Feb. 20, 1994.

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"The Effect of Moisture on Layer Thicknesses Used to Monitor Global Temperatures," W.P. Elliott (addr. immed. above), D.J. Gaffen et al., J. Clim., 7(2), 304-308, Feb. 1994.

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"Variability in Daily, Zonal Mean Lower-Stratospheric Temperatures," J.R. Christy (Atmos. Sci. Prog., Univ. Alabama, Huntsville AL 35899), S.J. Drouilhet, Jr., ibid., 7(1), 106-120, Jan. 1994

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"Estimation of the Global Average Temperature with Optimally Weighted Point Gauges," J.W. Hardin (Battelle Pacific NW Lab., MS K7-34, POB 999, Richland WA 99352), R.B. Upson, J. Geophys. Res., 98(D12), 23,275-23,282, Dec. 20, 1993.

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Two items from Intl. J. Climatol., 13(8), Dec. 1993:

"Variations of Hemispheric Zonal Index Since 1899 and Its Relationships with Air Temperature," K.M. Kozuchowski (Dept. Climatol. & Mar. Meteor., Univ. Szczecin, Poland), 853-864.

"Adjustment of Temperature and Rainfall Records for Site Changes," D.A. Rhoades (New Zealand Inst. Ind. Res. & Devel., POB 31-310, Lower Hutt, N.Z.), M.J. Salinger, 899-913.

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Three items from J. Clim., 6(12), Dec. 1993:

"Consistency Check for Trends in Surface Temperature and Upper-Level Circulation: 1950-1992," H.M. van den Dool (Clim. Anal. Ctr., Natl. Meteor. Ctr., Washington DC 20233), E.A. O'Lenic, W.H. Klein, 2288-2297.

"Identifying and Correcting Urban Bias in Regional Time Series: Surface Temperature in China's Northern Plains," D.A. Portman (Atmos. & Environ. Res. Inc., 840 Memorial Dr., Cambridge MA 02139), 2298-2308.

"Bias in the Global Mean Temperature Estimated from Sampling a Greenhouse Warming Pattern with the Current Surface Observing Network," R.A. Madden (NCAR, POB 3000, Boulder CO 80307), G.A. Meehl, 2486-2489.

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"Modeled Variations of Precipitation over the Greenland Ice Sheet," D.H. Bromwich (Byrd Polar Res. Ctr., Ohio State Univ., 108 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Rd., Columbus OH 43210), F.M. Robasky et al., ibid., 6(7), 1253-1268, July, 1993. Simulations show a downward trend in ice sheet precipitation for 1963-1988. (Discussed in Nature, 366(6450), 17-18, Nov. 4, 1993.)