Role of sunshades in space as a climate control option

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 241-253

  Kosugi, Takanobu ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic model; Geoengineering; Global warming; Integrated assessment; Solar radiation management

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ECONOMIC MODELS; GEOENGINEERING; GLOBAL CO; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; PRESENT VALUE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPACE-BASED; SPACE-LAUNCHING;

CLIMATE CONTROL; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUN; SUN HOODS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 77950340809     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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