The consequences of not knowing low- and high-latitude Climate sensitivity

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 855-864

  Rind, D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; GLOBAL CLIMATES;

EID: 49249122249     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007BAMS2520.1     Document Type: Article

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