Global Warming Potentials: 2. Accuracy

Climatic Change

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 459-469

  Smith, Steven J ^a   Wigley, T M L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 0033962587     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005537014987     Document Type: Article

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