The long-term policy context for solar radiation management

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 487-497

  Smith, Steven J ^a   Rasch, Philip J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RESPONSE; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; EMISSION REDUCTION POLICIES; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; LONG-TERM POLICIES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; RADIATION MANAGEMENT; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

EMISSION CONTROL; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; POLLUTION POLICY; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888131858     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0577-3     Document Type: Article

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