Detecting and attributing nonlinear anthropogenic regional warming in southeastern Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Jones, Roger N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; MONOTONIC CURVES; NON-STATIONARY CONDITION; NONSTATIONARY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGIONAL WARMING; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATIONARY CONDITIONS; STEP CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; NONLINEARITY; RADIATIVE FORCING; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84863229268     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016328     Document Type: Article

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