Why hasn't earth warmed as much as expected?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2453-2464

  Schwartz, Stephen E ^a   Charlson, Robert J ^b   Kahn, Ralph A ^c   Ogren, John A ^d   Rodhe, Henning ^e  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORCING; BEST ESTIMATES; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; EARTH'S CLIMATE; GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; HEAT CONTENTS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EARTH (PLANET); FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEATING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 77952338354     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3461.1     Document Type: Article

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