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Contributions of carbon cycle uncertainty to future climate projection spread Cover

Contributions of carbon cycle uncertainty to future climate projection spread

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|Jan 2009

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Language: English
Page range: 355 - 360
Submitted on: Jun 7, 2008
Accepted on: Dec 15, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2009 C. Huntingford, J. A. Lowe, B. B. B. Booth, C. D. Jones, G. R. Harris, L. K. Gohar, P. Meir, published by Stockholm University Press
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