Does model sensitivity to changes in CO2 provide a measure of sensitivity to other forcings?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3294-3306

  Sokolov, Andrei P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLOUD FEEDBACK; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); TROPOSPHERIC HEATING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746848476     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3791.1     Document Type: Article

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