On estimating local long-term climate trends

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1991, 2013, Pages

  Chapman, S C ^a   Stainforth, D A ^a,b   Watkins, N W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Impacts; Local Climate Sensitivity; Prediction; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORECASTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; CHANGING DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; IMPACTS; LOCAL CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; UNCERTAINTY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84876567979     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0287     Document Type: Article

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