Response of a coupled ocean-atmosphere model to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide: Sensitivity to the rate of increase

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2224-2237

  Stouffer, Ronald J ^a   Manabe, Syukuro ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Institute for Global Change Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WARMING;

EID: 0033172606     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2224:roacoa>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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