Thermodynamics of climate change: Generalized sensitivities

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9729-9737

  Lucarini, V ^a   Fraedrich, K ^b   Lunkeit, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENTROPY; GLOBAL WARMING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LINEARITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77958042444     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-9729-2010     Document Type: Article

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