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Observed climate change constrains the likelihood of extreme future global warming

Peter A. StottMet Office Hadley Centre (Reading Unit), Met Office, Meteorology Building, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK;Correspondence[email protected]
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Chris HuntingfordCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 8BB, UK;
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Chris D. JonesMet Office Hadley Centre, Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
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Jamie A. KettleboroughMet Office Hadley Centre, Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Pages 76-81 | Received 09 Jan 2007, Accepted 15 Oct 2007, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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