The hydrological impact of geoengineering in the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 11,036-11,058

  Tilmes, Simone ^a   Fasullo, John ^a   Lamarque, Jean Francois ^a   Marsh, Daniel R ^a   Mills, Michael ^a   Alterskjær, Kari ^b   Muri, Helene ^b   Kristjánsson, Jõn E ^b   Boucher, Olivier ^c   Schulz, Michael ^c   Cole, Jason N S ^d   Curry, Charles L ^e   Jones, Andy ^f   Haywood, Jim ^f,g   Irvine, Peter J ^h   Ji, Duoying ⁱ   Moore, John C ⁱ   Karam, Diana B ^j   Kravitz, Ben ^k   Rasch, Philip J ^k   Singh, Balwinder ^k   Yoon, Jin Ho ^k   Niemeier, Ulrike ^l   Schmidt, Hauke ^l   Robock, Alan ^m   Yang, Shuting ⁿ   Watanabe, Shingo ^o   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

ⁱ BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^k PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^m RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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

more..

Author keywords

climate change; geoengineering; GeoMIP; hydrological cycle; monsoon; solar radiation management

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOENGINEERING; GEOMIP; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MONSOON; RADIATION MANAGEMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84887200503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50868     Document Type: Article

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