Scale-dependency of the global mean surface temperature trend and its implication for the recent hiatus of global warming

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lin, Yong ^a   Franzke, Christian L E ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84939148614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12971     Document Type: Article

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