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Overestimated global warming over the past 20 years

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  • John C. Fyfe

    (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment Canada)

  • Nathan P. Gillett

    (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment Canada)

  • Francis W. Zwiers

    (Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria)

Abstract

Recent observed global warming is significantly less than that simulated by climate models. This difference might be explained by some combination of errors in external forcing, model response and internal climate variability.

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  • John C. Fyfe & Nathan P. Gillett & Francis W. Zwiers, 2013. "Overestimated global warming over the past 20 years," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(9), pages 767-769, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate1972
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1972
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