Abrupt CO2 experiments as tools for predicting and understanding CMIP5 representative concentration pathway projections

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 1041-1053

  Good, Peter ^a   Gregory, Jonathan M ^a,b   Lowe, Jason A ^a   Andrews, Timothy ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global climate change; Projections; Sea level; Simple models

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84874946832     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1410-4     Document Type: Article

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