Sensitivity of equilibrium surface temperature of CCM3 to systematic changes in atmospheric CO2

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-212

  Kothavala, Zavareh ^a   Oglesby, Robert J ^b,c   Saltzman, Barry ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Earth and Atmospheric Science City College New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; REDUCED SENSITIVITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING;

EID: 0033556495     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900275     Document Type: Article

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