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Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on Earth's Surface Temperature

This is a presentation by Judith Lean of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory about multivariate analysis as one approach for quantifying the natural and anthropogenic components of the surface temperature record simultaneously. This presentation was given for a seminar titled Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on Earth’s Surface Temperature.

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