Useful global-change scenarios: Current issues and challenges

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Parson, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Climate change; Decision support.; Emissions; Global change; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ASSESSMENT; DECENTRALIZED NETWORKS; DECISION SUPPORTS; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; SCENARIOS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 62749203648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/045016     Document Type: Article

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