Are response function representations of the global carbon cycle ever interpretable?

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61 B, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-371

  Li, Sile ^a   Jarvis, Andrew J ^a   Leedal, David T ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 61849083530     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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