Northern Hemisphere winter climate response to greenhouse gas, ozone, solar, and volcanic forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D7, 2001, Pages 7193-7210

  Shindell, Drew T ^a,b   Schmidt, Gavin A ^a,b   Miller, Ron L ^a,b   Rind, David ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; SOLAR CYCLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0034957709     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900547     Document Type: Article

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