Climate model response from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8320-8332

  Kravitz, Ben ^a   Caldeira, Ken ^b   Boucher, Olivier ^c   Robock, Alan ^d   Rasch, Philip J ^a   Alterskjær, Kari ^e   Karam, Diana Bou ^f   Cole, Jason N S ^g   Curry, Charles L ^h   Haywood, James M ^i,j   Irvine, Peter J ^k   Ji, Duoying ^l   Jones, Andy ⁱ   Kristjánsson, Jõn Egill ^e   Lunt, Daniel J ^m   Moore, John C ^l   Niemeier, Ulrike ⁿ   Schmidt, Hauke ⁿ   Schulz, Michael ^o   Singh, Balwinder ^a   Tilmes, Simone ^p   Watanabe, Shingo ^q   Yang, Shuting ^r   Yoon, Jin Ho ^a   more..

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

ⁱ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^k INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^l BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^o NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^p NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^q JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^r DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

more..

Author keywords

geoengineering; model intercomparison

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ANNUAL MEAN PRECIPITATION; ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GEOENGINEERING; GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; TEMPERATURE REDUCTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INSOLATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATION BALANCE; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884139342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50646     Document Type: Article

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