Internal variability as a cause of qualitative intermodel disagreement on anthropogenic climate changes

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Raisanen J ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; MODELING;

EID: 0343415577     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050106     Document Type: Article

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