Comparison of statistically optimal approaches to detecting anthropogenic climate change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1125-1133

  Hegerl, Gabriele C ^a   North, Gerald R ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; METHOD COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031464361     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1125:COSOAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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