Do models underestimate the solar contribution to recent climate change?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4079-4093

  Stott, Peter A ^a   Jones, Gareth S ^a   Mitchell, John F B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SOLAR FORCING; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOLAR RADIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING;

EID: 0041764322     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<4079:DMUTSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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