The concept of climate sensitivity: History and development

Human-Induced Climate Change: An Interdisciplinary Assessment

Volumn 9780521866033, Issue , 2007, Pages 5-17

  Andronova, Natalia ^a   Schlesinger, Michael E ^b   Dessai, Suraje ^c   Hulme, Mike ^c   Li, Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 65249108042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511619472.003     Document Type: Chapter

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