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Hansen et al. 1996

Hansen, J., R. Ruedy, M. Sato, and R. Reynolds, 1996: Global surface air temperature in 1995: Return to pre-Pinatubo level. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 1665-1668, doi:10.1029/96GL01040.

Global surface air temperature has increased about 0.5°C from the minimum of mid-1992, a year after the Mt. Pinatubo eruption. Both a land-based surface air temperature record and a combined land and marine temperature index place the meteorological year 1995 at approximately the same level as 1990, previously the warmest year in the period of instrumental data. As El Nino warming was absent in 1995, the solar cycle near a minimum, and ozone depletion near record levels, the observed high temperature supports the contention of an underlying global warming trend. The pattern of Northern Hemisphere temperature change in recent decades appears to reflect a change of atmospheric dynamics.

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@article{ha04000r,
  author={Hansen, J. and Ruedy, R. and Sato, M. and Reynolds, R.},
  title={Global surface air temperature in 1995: Return to pre-Pinatubo level},
  year={1996},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  volume={23},
  pages={1665--1668},
  doi={10.1029/96GL01040},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - ha04000r
AU  - Hansen, J.
AU  - Ruedy, R.
AU  - Sato, M.
AU  - Reynolds, R.
PY  - 1996
TI  - Global surface air temperature in 1995: Return to pre-Pinatubo level
JA  - Geophys. Res. Lett.
JO  - Geophysical Research Letters
VL  - 23
SP  - 1665
EP  - 1668
DO  - 10.1029/96GL01040
ER  -

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