Assessment of global dimming and brightening in IPCC-AR4/CMIP3 models and ERA40

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1671-1688

  Wild, Martin ^a   Schmucki, Edgar ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; General circulation models; Global climate modeling; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 80053299511     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0939-3     Document Type: Article

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