A role for atmospheric CO2 in preindustrial climate forcing

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 15815-15818

  Van Hoof, Thomas B ^a,b   Wagner Cremer, Friederike ^b   Kürschner, Wolfram M ^b   Visscher, Henk ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Global warming; Past millennium; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; HISTORY; NETHERLANDS; SOIL;

EMBRYOPHYTA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; NETHERLANDS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL;

EID: 57349151480     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807624105     Document Type: Article

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