Temperature stabilization, ocean heat uptake and radiative forcing overshoot profiles

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-134

  Johansson, Daniel J A ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COSTS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; HALF-IF; LEAST-COST SOLUTIONS; NET PRESENT VALUE; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION; UPPER LIMITS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STABILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABATEMENT COST; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT FLUX; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL POWER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052270799     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9969-4     Document Type: Article

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