A long view on climate sensitivity

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6097, 2012, Pages 917-919

  Skinner, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE AGE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PALEOCLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

EID: 84865280740     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1224011     Document Type: Review

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