Surface-temperature trends and variability in the low-latitude North Atlantic since 1552

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 492-495

  Saenger, Casey ^a   Cohen, Anne L ^b   Oppo, Delia W ^b   Halley, Robert B ^c   Carilli, Jessica E ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 68149183563     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo552     Document Type: Letter

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