Comparisons of simulated and observed Northern Hemisphere temperature variations during the past millennium - selected lessons learned and problems encountered

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Moberg, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate forcings; Climate models; Climate proxy data; External climate variability; Internal climate variability; Last millennium; Northern hemisphere; Palaeoclimate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECADAL VARIATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SUNSPOT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84907422951     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19921     Document Type: Article

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