Sensitivity of the palaeocene-eocene thermal maximum climate to cloud properties

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 2001, 2013, Pages

  Kiehl, Jeffrey T ^a   Shields, Christine A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol cloud climate sensitivity; Climate change; Equable climate; Palaeocene eocene thermal maximum

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; EQUABLE CLIMATE; LIQUID WATER CLOUDS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL MAXIMA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84884890299     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0093     Document Type: Article

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