Does the global warming pause in the last decade: 1999-2008?

Advances in Climate Change Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Wang, Shaowu ^a   Wen, Xinyu ^a   Luo, Yong ^b   Tang, Guoli ^b   Zhao, Zongci ^b   Huang, Jianbin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

1999 2008; Global warming; Pause

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053503555     PISSN: 16749278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2010.00049     Document Type: Note

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