Coherence established between atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperature
Abstract
The hypothesis that the increase in atmospheric CO2 is related to observable changes in the climate is tested using modern methods of time-series analysis. The results confirm that average global temperature is increasing and that temperature and atmospheric CO2 are significantly correlated over the past 30 years. Changes in CO2 content lag those in temperature by five months.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- February 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1038/343709a0
- Bibcode:
- 1990Natur.343..709K
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Composition;
- Carbon Dioxide Concentration;
- Climatology;
- Global Warming;
- Time Series Analysis;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Greenhouse Effect;
- Geophysics