Statistical separation of observed global and European climate data into natural and anthropogenic signals

Climate Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-13

  Staeger, Tim ^a   Grieser, Jürgen ^a   Schönwiese, Christian D ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Greenhouse effect; Observed climate signals; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037592300     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr024003     Document Type: Article

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