Global warming and local dimming: The statistical evidence

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 494, 2011, Pages 452-464

  Magnus, Jan R ^a   Melenberg, Bertrand ^a   Muris, Chris ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Decomposition; Dynamic panel data; Greenhouse effect; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960115255     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2011.ap09508     Document Type: Article

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