Ensemble Simulation of Twenty-First Century Climate Changes: Business-as-Usual versus CO2 Stabilization

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2377-2388

  Dai, Aiguo ^a   Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Washington, Warren M ^a   Wigley, Tom M L ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000034806     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<2377:ESOTFC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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