The challenge to detect and attribute effects of climate change on human and natural systems

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 381-395

  Stone, Dáithí ^a   Auffhammer, Maximilian ^b,c   Carey, Mark ^d   Hansen, Gerrit ^e   Huggel, Christian ^f   Cramer, Wolfgang ^g   Lobell, David ^h   Molau, Ulf ⁱ   Solow, Andrew ^j   Tibig, Lourdes ^k   Yohe, Gary ^l  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^k ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^l WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 84887606376     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0873-6     Document Type: Article

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