Can increasing carbon dioxide cause climate change?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 8335-8342

  Lindzen, Richard S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate modeling; Climate sensitivity; Global warming; Greenhouse effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION ABSORPTION;

EID: 0030786541     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.16.8335     Document Type: Article

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