Long-term persistence enhances uncertainty about anthropogenic warming of Antarctica

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 263-271

  Ludescher, Josef ^a   Bunde, Armin ^a   Franzke, Christian L E ^b   Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim ^c,d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic temperatures; Long term persistence; Trend significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955678689     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2582-5     Document Type: Article

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