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Global Warming Baselines Conversion Factors

Nowarski, Joseph

Conversion table between various baselines of global surface temperature changes.

The conversion factor from 1951-1980 to 1850-1900 baseline is +0.31°C for land+ocean, +0.49°C for land only, and +0.29°C for ocean only.

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