Climate Feedbacks in CCSM3 under Changing CO2 Forcing. Part II: Variation of Climate Feedbacks and Sensitivity with Forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2784-2795

  Jonko, Alexandra K ^a   Shell, Karen M ^a   Sanderson, Benjamin M ^b   Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND EMISSIONS; CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; FULLY-COUPLED MODEL; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MODEL CONFIGURATION; SLAB OCEAN MODELS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; GREENHOUSE GASES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; VAPORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84877642216     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00479.1     Document Type: Article

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