Effectiveness of stratospheric solar-radiation management as a function of climate sensitivity

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-96

  Ricke, Katharine L ^a,e,f   Rowlands, Daniel J ^b   Ingram, William J ^b,c   Keith, David W ^d   Granger Morgan, M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84857473555     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1328     Document Type: Article

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