Response to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in relation to climate sensitivity in the CMIP3 models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 875-886

  Bender, Frida A M ^a   Ekman, Annica M L ^a   Rodhe, Henning ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; GCM; Volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 77957021690     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0777-3     Document Type: Article

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