Can we test geoengineering?

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5044-5052

  MacMynowski, Douglas G ^a   Keith, David W ^b   Caldeira, Ken ^c   Shin, Ho Jeong ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE RESPONSE; FULL-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOENGINEERING; HYDROLOGICAL FIELDS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MANAGEMENT; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SHORT PERIODS; SHORT-TERM TEST; SIGNAL TO NOISE; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TEST MODELS; TIME-SCALES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUN; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MODEL TEST; RADIATIVE FORCING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOLAR RADIATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 82555193634     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01256h     Document Type: Article

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