Role of volcanic and anthropogenic aerosols in the recent global surface warming slowdown

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 936-940

  Smith, Doug M ^a   Booth, Ben B B ^a   Dunstone, Nick J ^a   Eade, Rosie ^a   Hermanson, Leon ^a   Jones, Gareth S ^a   Scaife, Adam A ^a   Sheen, Katy L ^a   Thompson, Vikki ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; CHINA; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

EID: 84989169866     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3058     Document Type: Article

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