Uncertainties of global warming metrics: CO2 and CH4

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Reisinger, Andy ^a   Meinshausen, Malte ^b   Manning, Martin ^a   Bodeker, Greg ^c,d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d BODEKER SCIENTIFIC   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING;

BEST ESTIMATES; CARBON CYCLE MODELS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; METHANE; MODEL VALIDATION; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 77955295974     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043803     Document Type: Article

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