Eventual saturation of the climate-carbon cycle feedback studied with a conceptual model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Eliseev, Alexey V ^a   Mokhov, Igor I ^a  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate carbon cycle feedback; Conceptual model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CLIMATE-CARBON CYCLE FEEDBACK; CONCEPTUAL MODEL;

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 40649092313     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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