How well do we understand and evaluate climate change feedback processes?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3445-3482

  Bony, Sandrine ^a   Colman, Robert ^b   Kattsov, Vladimir M ^c   Allan, Richard P ^d   Bretherton, Christopher S ^e   Dufresne, Jean Louis ^a   Hall, Alex ^f   Hallegatte, Stephane ^g,h   Holland, Marika M ⁱ   Ingram, William ^j,k   Randall, David A ^l   Soden, Brian J ^m   Tselioudis, George ⁿ   Webb, Mark J ^k  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^h CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^l Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

ⁿ Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; SEA ICE; SNOW; VAPORS;

CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE SYSTEM; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33645824121     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3819.1     Document Type: Review

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