The physical concept of climate forcing

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 786-802

  Liepert, Beate G ^a  

^a North West Research Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; FEEDBACK;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79956282140     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.75     Document Type: Article

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