‘Skinning a cat’: alternative models of representing temperature trends

Terence C. Mills

doi:10.1007/s10584-010-9801-1

Climatic Change

August 2010, Volume 101, Issue 3, pp 415–426

‘Skinning a cat’: alternative models of representing temperature trends

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First Online:: 16 April 2010

Received:: 17 November 2009
Accepted:: 02 January 2010

DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9801-1

Cite this article as:: Mills, T.C. Climatic Change (2010) 101: 415. doi:10.1007/s10584-010-9801-1

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