Prospects for a prolonged slowdown in global warming in the early 21st century

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Knutson, Thomas R ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a   Horowitz, Larry W ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CLIMATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODEL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84999133811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13676     Document Type: Review

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