Testing the robustness of the anthropogenic climate change detection statements using different empirical models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3192-3199

  Imbers, J ^a   Lopez, A ^b   Huntingford, C ^c   Allen, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; detection and attribution; internal climate variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE GASES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ANTHROPOGENIC SIGNALS; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERNAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84878138150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50296     Document Type: Article

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