Space-based geoengineering: Challenges and requirements

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 571-580

  McInnes, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Geoengineering; Macroengineering

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COOLING; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE]; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CLIMATE MODEL; COMPLEX SOLUTION; EARTH'S CLIMATE; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; GEOENGINEERING; LAGRANGE POINTS; LARGE-SCALE ENGINEERING; LONG TERM; MACROENGINEERING; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; SPACE-BASED;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77949727720     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES1439     Document Type: Article

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