Use of changes in tropopause height to detect human influences on climate

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-136

  Sausen, Robert ^a   Santer, Benjamin D ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0041938455     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2003/0012-0131     Document Type: Article

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