Temporal evolution of measured climate forcing agents at South Pole, Antarctica

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Ghude, Sachin D ^a   Jain, S L ^b   Arya, B C ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

EdGCM model; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349085125     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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