Elicitation of expert judgments of aerosol forcing

Climatic Change

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 195-214

  Morgan, M Granger ^a   Adams, Peter J ^a   Keith, David W ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE FORCING;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; PROBABILITY; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 33745018916     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9025-y     Document Type: Review

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