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A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature
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Metadata
- Authors
- Thompson, D. W. J., Kennedy, J. J., Wallace, J. M., & Jones, P. D.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2008-05
- Volume
- 453
- Issue
- 7195
- Pages
- 646-649
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1994973226
- Cited by
- 272
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 29.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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