Overestimated global warming over the past 20 years

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作者
Fyfe, John C. [1 ]
Gillett, Nathan P. [1 ]
Zwiers, Francis W. [2 ]
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[1] Environm Canada, Canadian Ctr Climate Modelling & Anal, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
[2] Univ Victoria, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, Victoria, BC V8W 3R4, Canada
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10.1038/nclimate1972
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
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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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