Lack of consistency between modeled and observed temperature trends

Energy and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-406

  Singer, S Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; MODEL STRUCTURES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING; SATELLITE DATA; SCIENCE PROGRAMS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

TROPOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 79960279781     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.22.4.375     Document Type: Article

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