Is there observational support for an El Niño-like pattern of future global warming?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Boer, G J ^a   Yu, B ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Flato, G M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

GREENHOUSE GASES; PALEOCLIOMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS; RADIATIVE FORCING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 18544392660     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl018722     Document Type: Article

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