Sensitivity of multi-gas climate policy to emission metrics

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 663-675

  Smith, Steven J ^a   Karas, Joseph ^a   Edmonds, Jae ^a   Eom, Jiyong ^a   Mizrahi, Andrew ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; CLIMATE POLICY; EFFECT OF CO; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; METHANE EMISSIONS; MITIGATION COSTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ABATEMENT COST; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874950652     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0565-7     Document Type: Article

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