Dynamical aspects of climate sensitivity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Boer, George J ^a   Yu, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FEEDBACK; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0037998572     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016549     Document Type: Article

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