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	title = {Variability and trends of mean maximum and mean minimum air temperature in greece from ground-based observations and ncep-ncar reanalysis gridded data},
	journal = {International Journal of Remote Sensing},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2011},
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	month = {2011},
	pages = {6177 - 6192},
	keywords = {air temperature, annual variation, Atmospheric research, Atmospheric temperature, Climate observations, Climatology, data assimilation, data set, Data sets, Face recognition, Factor analysis, General purpose, Greece, Grid points, Ground stations, ground-based measurement, Ground-based observations, Mann-Kendall, Meteorological station, Minimum surfaces, orographic effect, Radar stations, radiosonde, Radiosondes, Reanalysis, Reanalysis project, regional climate, seasonal variation, Spatial distribution, surface temperature, Temporal variability, temporal variation, time series, time series analysis, topographic effect, Total variance, trend analysis},
	isbn = {01431161 (ISSN)},
	url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431161.2010.507798},
	author = {Nastos, P. and Philandras, C and Kapsomenakis, I and Eleftheratos, K.}
}
