Observed 21st century temperatures further constrain likely rates of future warming

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 151-156

  Stott, Peter A ^a   Jones, Gareth S ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate modelling; Climate prediction; Decadal prediction; Detection and attribution

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DETECTION METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84864040383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.383     Document Type: Article

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