Detection of greenhouse gas and aerosol influences on changes in temperature extremes

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 152-155

  Shiogama, Hideo ^a   Christidis, Nikolaos ^b   Caesar, John ^b   Yokohata, Tokuta ^a   Nozawa, Toru ^a   Emori, Seita ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 38849161378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2006-039     Document Type: Article

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