Evidence for human influence on climate from hemispheric temperature relations

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6637, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Kaufmann, Robert K ^a   Stern, David I ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SULPHATE AEROSOL; TEMPERATURE RECORD; TEMPERATURE RECORDS; TRACE GAS;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0030737729     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40332     Document Type: Article

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