Detecting greenhouse-gas-induced climate change with an optimal fingerprint method

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2281-2306

  Hegerl, Gabriele C ^a   Von Storch, Hans ^a   Hasselmann, Klaus ^a   Santer, Benjamin D ^b   Cubasch, Ulrich ^c   Jones, Philip D ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODEL;

EID: 0030412104     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2281:DGGICC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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