Estimates of low frequency natural variability in near-surface air temperature

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-263

  Barnett, T P ^a   Santer, B D ^b   Jones, P D ^c   Bradley, R S ^d   Briffa, K R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature; anthropogenic effects; climatic change; GCM; general circulation models; global climate; natural variability

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GCM; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

EID: 0029660806     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600301     Document Type: Article

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