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10 Jan 2012
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Benchmarking homogenization algorithms for monthly data
V. K. C. Venema
Meteorological institute of the University of Bonn, Germany
O. Mestre
Meteo France, Ecole Nationale de la Meteorologie, Toulouse, France
E. Aguilar
Center on Climate Change (C3), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
I. Auer
Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Wien, Austria
J. A. Guijarro
Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
P. Domonkos
Center on Climate Change (C3), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
G. Vertacnik
Slovenian Environment Agency, Ljubljana, Slovenia
T. Szentimrey
Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
P. Stepanek
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
Czechglobe-Global Change Research Centre AS CR, v.v.i., Brno, Czech Republic
P. Zahradnicek
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
Czechglobe-Global Change Research Centre AS CR, v.v.i., Brno, Czech Republic
J. Viarre
Center on Climate Change (C3), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
G. Müller-Westermeier
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
M. Lakatos
Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
C. N. Williams
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center, USA
M. J. Menne
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center, USA
R. Lindau
Meteorological institute of the University of Bonn, Germany
D. Rasol
Meteorological and hydrological service, Zagreb, Croatia
E. Rustemeier
Meteorological institute of the University of Bonn, Germany
K. Kolokythas
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, University of Patras, Greece
T. Marinova
National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria
L. Andresen
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
F. Acquaotta
Department of Earth Science, University of Turin, Italy
S. Fratianni
Department of Earth Science, University of Turin, Italy
S. Cheval
National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania
National Institute for R&D in Environmental Protection, Bucharest, Romania
M. Klancar
Slovenian Environment Agency, Ljubljana, Slovenia
M. Brunetti
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC-CNR), Bologna, Italy
C. Gruber
Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Wien, Austria
M. Prohom Duran
Grup de Climatologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Area of Climatology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
T. Likso
Meteorological and hydrological service, Zagreb, Croatia
P. Esteban
Grup de Climatologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Centre d'Estudis de la Neu i de la Muntanya d'Andorra (CENMA-IEA), Andorra
T. Brandsma
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands
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