Feedback and sensitivity in an electrical circuit: An analog for climate models

Climatic Change

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-326

  Schwartz, Stephen E ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN; CLIMATE SYSTEM; EARTH'S CLIMATE; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; FEEDBACK THEORY;

ALGEBRA; ANALOG CIRCUITS; EARTH (PLANET); FEEDBACK; TERMINOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANALOG MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY BALANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955016855     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9903-9     Document Type: Article

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