Prediction, detection and regional assessment of anthropogenic climate change

Geophysica

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 77-96

  Cubasch, Ulrich ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele C ^b   Waszkewitz, Jürgen ^a  

^a DKRZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic climate change; Detection; Sulphate aerosols; Time slice experiments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0030357367     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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