Observational constraints on past attributable warming and predictions of future global warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3055-3069

  Stott, Peter A ^a   Mitchell, John F B ^b   Allen, Myles R ^c   Delworth, Thomas L ^d   Gregory, Jonathan M ^a,b   Meehl, Gerald A ^e   Santer, Benjamin D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AEROSOL FORCING; ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; ATTRIBUTION ANALYSES; CLIMATE MODELS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EID: 33646382263     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3802.1     Document Type: Article

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