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New data on climatic trends

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Indicators of large-scale climate developments show that the oscillatory cooling observed in the past 30 yr in the Northern Hemisphere has not yet reversed. This conclusion was reached by updating our data on the month-to-month, season-to-season, and year-to-year variations of selected zonally averaged meteorological parameters.

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  1. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964

    G. J. Kukla

  2. Air Resources Labs., ERL, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910

    J. K. Angell & J. Korshover

  3. Wetteramt Hannover, D-3000, Hannover, 42, FRG

    H. Dronia

  4. Laboratory of Physics, Aichigakuin University, Nisshin-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan

    M. Hoshiai

  5. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 92037

    J. Namias

  6. D-2000, Hamburg, 70, Rantzaustrasse 78, FRG

    M. Rodewald

  7. Geophysical Institute, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    R. Yamamoto & T. Iwashima

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Kukla, G., Angell, J., Korshover, J. et al. New data on climatic trends. Nature 270, 573–580 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270573a0

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