Some considerations of the concept of climate feedback

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 624 PART A, 2007, Pages 545-560

  Bates, J Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Climate stability

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEP RESPONSE; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; SENSITIVITY-ALTERING FEEDBACK; STABILITY-ALTERING FEEDBACK;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 34249982066     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.62     Document Type: Article

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