Aerosol contribution to the rapid warming of near-term climate under RCP 2.6

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Chalmers, N ^a   Highwood, E J ^a   Hawkins, E ^a   Sutton, R ^a   Wilcox, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES;

AEROSOL EMISSIONS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLIMATE SYSTEM; COAL-BURNING; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; INDIRECT EFFECTS; NORTH-EASTERN PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; SULPHATE AEROSOL; SURFACE RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COAL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84867210581     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052848     Document Type: Article

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