Carbon-climate feedbacks: A review of model and observation based estimates

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-257

  Friedlingstein, P ^a,b,c   Prentice, I C ^b,d,e  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MODEL TEST; NITROGEN; WARMING;

EID: 77957655323     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.06.002     Document Type: Review

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