Estimation of natural and anthropogenic contributions to twentieth century temperature change

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Tett, Simon F B ^a   Jones, Gareth S ^a,b,c   Stott, Peter A ^a   Hill, David C ^b,c   Mitchell, John F B ^a   Allen, Myles R ^b,c   Ingram, William J ^a   Johns, Tim C ^a   Johnson, Colin E ^a   Jones, Andy ^a   Roberts, David L ^a   Sexton, David M H ^a   Woodage, Margaret J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Anthropogenic forcings; Attribution; Climate change; Detection; General circulation model; Greenhouse gases; Natural forcings

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 0037662417     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000028     Document Type: Article

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