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A comparison of tropical temperature trends with model predictions
Article first published online: 5 DEC 2007
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1651
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Douglass, D. H., Christy, J. R., Pearson, B. D. and Singer, S. F. (2008), A comparison of tropical temperature trends with model predictions. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 1693–1701. doi: 10.1002/joc.1651
Publication History
- Issue published online: 16 OCT 2008
- Article first published online: 5 DEC 2007
- Manuscript Accepted: 11 OCT 2007
- Manuscript Received: 31 MAY 2007
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