A probabilistic quantification of the anthropogenic component of twentieth century global warming

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1087-1102

  Wigley, T M L ^a,b   Santer, B D ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol forcing; Climate; Global warming; Human influences; NADW; Probabilistic calculations; Solar forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PROBABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84874293407     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1585-8     Document Type: Article

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