RCP4.5: A pathway for stabilization of radiative forcing by 2100

Climatic Change

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-94

  Thomson, Allison M ^a   Calvin, Katherine V ^a   Smith, Steven J ^a   Kyle, G Page ^a   Volke, April ^a   Patel, Pralit ^a   Delgado Arias, Sabrina ^a   Bond Lamberty, Ben ^a   Wise, Marshall A ^a   Clarke, Leon E ^a   Edmonds, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC COMPONENTS; ASSESSMENT MODELS; CARBON CAPTURE; CLIMATE SYSTEM; COMMON PLATFORM; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; FOREST LAND; GEOLOGIC STORAGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; HISTORICAL EMISSIONS; INFORMATION COMMONS; LAND COVER; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RCP-PROCESS; SHORT-LIVED SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOWNSCALING; ELECTRICITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RADIATIVE FORCING; STABILIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 80053912619     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0151-4     Document Type: Article

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