Nonlinear aspects of the climate response to Greenhouse gas and aerosol forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2384-2398

  Feichter, Johann ^a   Roeckner, Erich ^a   Lohmann, Ulrike ^b   Liepert, Beate ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSES;

CLIMATE RESPONSE; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 2942599266     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2384:NAOTCR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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