RETRACTED:Temperature Trend over the Atlantic Ocean from 1996 to 2009 Derived from Radiosonde Soundings

Eric Persaud, Darren Altidor, Johnny Luo

Earth and Atmospheric Science Department, The City College of New York, New York, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/acs.2014.41005                

Abstract

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Keywords

Radiosonde; Climate Change; Stratosphere; Troposphere; Remote Sensing; Global Warming; Atlantic Ocean

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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