Well-estimated global surface warming in climate projections selected for ENSO phase

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 835-840

  Risbey, James S ^a   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^b,c   Langlais, Clothilde ^a   Monselesan, Didier P ^a   O'Kane, Terence J ^a   Oreskes, Naomi ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84906875894     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2310     Document Type: Article

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