A common-sense climate index: Is climate changing noticeably?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4113-4120

  Hansen, James ^a   Sato, Makiko ^a   Glascoe, Jay ^a   Ruedy, Reto ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Global warming; Greenhouse effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEATING; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CLIMATE; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; SEASONS; TIME;

EID: 0032515981     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.8.4113     Document Type: Article

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