Monitoring and prediction of the earth's climate: A future perspective

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5001-5008

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Moore, Berrien ^b   Karl, Thomas R ^c   Nobre, Carlos ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLIMATE INFORMATION SYSTEM; CLIMATE MONITORING; EARTH'S CLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33750821709     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3897.1     Document Type: Review

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