Estimating the permafrost-carbon climate response in the CMIP5 climate models using a simplified approach

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4897-4909

  Burke, Eleanor J ^a   Jones, Chris D ^a   Koven, Charles D ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; CLIMATE RESPONSE; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; PERMAFROST REGION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; FEEDBACK; PERMAFROST; SOILS; THAWING;

CARBON;

ACTIVE LAYER; CARBON; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880657316     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00550.1     Document Type: Article

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