An observationally based estimate of the climate sensitivity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3117-3121

  Gregory, J M ^a   Stouffer, R J ^b   Raper, S C B ^c   Stott, P A ^a   Rayner, N A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

RADIATIVE FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347722637     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3117:AOBEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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