Origins and estimates of uncertainty in predictions of twenty-first century temperature rise

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6882, 2002, Pages 723-726

  Stott, Peter A ^a   Kettleborough, J A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORECASTING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0037129227     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416723a     Document Type: Article

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