Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7024, 2005, Pages 403-406

  Stainforth, D A ^a   Aina, T ^a   Christensen, C ^a   Collins, M ^b   Faull, N ^a   Frame, D J ^a   Kettleborough, J A ^c   Knight, S ^a   Martin, A ^a   Murphy, J M ^b   Piani, C ^a   Sexton, D ^b   Smith, L A ^d   Splcer, R A ^e   Thorpe, A J ^f   Allen, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GAS LEVELS; MULTIDECADAL SIMULATIONS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13444269104     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03301     Document Type: Article

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