The potential effect of GCM uncertainties and internal atmospheric variability on anthropogenic signal detection

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 659-675

  Barnett, Tim P ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele C ^b   Santer, Ben ^c   Taylor, Karl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE SIGNAL; GCM; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EID: 0031824138     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0659:TPEOGU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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