Causes of the reduction in uncertainty in the anthropogenic radiative forcing of climate between IPCC (2001) and IPCC (2007)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Haywood, Jim ^a   Schulz, Michael ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

AEROSOL CLOUD ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC RADIATIVE FORCING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 37349113351     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030749     Document Type: Article

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