How much information is lost by using global-mean climate metrics? an example using the transport sector

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 949-963

  Lund, M T ^a   Berntsen, T ^a,b   Fuglestvedt, J S ^a   Ponater, M ^c   Shine, K P ^d  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; CLIMATE IMPACTS; EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LOCAL SURFACES; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; RESPONSE PATTERNS; ROAD TRAFFIC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

AVIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; OZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; EQUILIBRIUM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HETEROGENEITY; METHANE; OZONE; ROAD TRANSPORT; SHIPPING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84864277014     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0391-3     Document Type: Article

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