Research on forecasting for the manmade global warming alarm

Energy and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1091-1104

  Armstrong, J Scott ^a   Green, Kesten C ^b   Soon, Willie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; FORECASTING PROCEDURES; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; GOVERNMENT FUNDING; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; HABITAT LOSS; HARMFUL EFFECTS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LONG-TERM FORECAST; POLAR BEARS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SCIENTIFIC METHOD; VALIDATION TEST;

FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STATE ROLE; TESTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84855279911     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.22.8.1091     Document Type: Article

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