Human influence on Canadian temperatures

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2019, Pages 479-494

  Wan, Hui ^a   Zhang, Xuebin ^a   Zwiers, Francis ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; WARMING;

CANADA;

EID: 85044940107     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4145-z     Document Type: Article

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