The detection and attribution of climate change using an ensemble of opportunity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-516

  Stone, Dáithí A ^a   Allen, Myles R ^a   Selten, Frank ^b   Kliphuis, Michael ^b   Stott, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DETECTION METHOD; ENERGY BALANCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33847387144     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3966.1     Document Type: Article

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