Assessing the regional disparities in geoengineering impacts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Irvine, Peter J ^a   Ridgwell, Andy ^a   Lunt, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; SUN;

CLIMATE CONDITION; FULLY-COUPLED; GEOENGINEERING; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATES; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LOW RESOLUTION; MASS BALANCE; MEAN COOLING; MULTIPLE TARGETS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; RADIATION MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL DISPARITIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMEDIATION; RESOLUTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 77957553228     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044447     Document Type: Article

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