Comparisons of simulated and observed Northern Hemisphere temperature variations during the past millennium – selected lessons learned and problems encountered

Anders Moberg

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19921

Comparisons of simulated and observed Northern Hemisphere temperature variations during the past millennium – selected lessons learned and problems encountered

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Anders Moberg

Open Access

|Jan 2013

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