Are natural climate forcings able to counteract the projected anthropogenic global warming?

Climatic Change

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-427

  Bertrand, Cédric ^a,b   Van Ypersele, Jean Pascal ^a   Berger, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; VOLCANOES;

NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRADIANCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0036891521     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020736804608     Document Type: Article

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