Sensitivity of the Indian monsoon to human activities

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 932-945

  Knopf, B ^a   Zickfeld, K ^b   Flechsig, M ^a   Petoukhov, V ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic climate change; Global change; Indian monsoon; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049083317     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0932-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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