How natural is the recent centennial warming? An analysis of 2249 surface temperature records

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1139-1159

  Lüdecke, Horst Joachim ^a   Link, Rainer ^a   Ewert, Friedrich Karl ^a  

^a European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE)   (Germany)

Author keywords

2249 records; detrended fluctuation analysis; global warming; natural probabilities; Surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055170364     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183111016798     Document Type: Article

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