Detecting climate signals in the surface temperature record

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 563-577

  North, Gerald R ^a   Stevens, Mark J ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE SIGNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031872743     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0563:DCSITS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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