Greenhouse Gases, Aerosols and Reducing Future Climate Uncertainties

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 723-731

  Le Treut, Hervé ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate feebacks; Climate sensitivity; Greenhouse gases

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; CLIMATE FEEBACKS; CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COMPETING EFFECTS; CURRENT CAPACITY; CURRENT MODELS; EARTH SURFACE TEMPERATURE; FUTURE CLIMATE; PROCESS-ORIENTED; SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; REMOTE SENSING;

EARTH (PLANET);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONITORING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862641452     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-012-9190-2     Document Type: Article

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