Detection of human influence on twentieth-century precipitation trends

Zhang, Xuebin, Zwiers, Francis W., Hegerl, Gabriele C., Lambert, F. Hugo, Gillett, Nathan P., Solomon, Susan, Stott, Peter A., Nozawa, Toru·2007·Nature

DOI 10.1038/nature06025

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Authors: Zhang, X., Zwiers, F. W., Hegerl, G. C., Lambert, F. H., Gillett, N. P., Solomon, S., Stott, P. A., & Nozawa, T.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2007-07
Volume: 448
Issue: 7152
Pages: 461-465
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/nature06025
OpenAlex: W2029884299
Cited by: 1,027
References: 0
FWCI: 50.97
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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