Scale-dependent detection of climate change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3282-3294

  Stott, Peter A ^a   Tett, Simon F B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SULFUR;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032436237     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<3282:SDDOCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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