Applications of integrated assessment modeling to climate change

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-44

  Sarofim, Marcus C ^a   Reilly, John M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; EMISSION REDUCTION; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79961216678     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.93     Document Type: Article

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