Testing the linearity of the response to combined greenhouse gas and sulfate aerosol forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Gillett, N P ^a   Wehner, M F ^b   Tett, S F B ^c   Weaver, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SULFATE MINERALS; TROPOSPHERE;

GREENHOUSE GASES; TROPOSPHERIC SULFATE AEROSOLS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

AEROSOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFATE; WARMING;

EID: 4644261774     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020111     Document Type: Article

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