Time scales of climate response

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 209-217

  Stouffer, Ronald J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING;

OCEANIC MIXING; RESPONSE TIME SCALES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 1442291176     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0209:TSOCR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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