An integrated assessment modeling framework for uncertainty studies in global and regional climate change: The MIT IGSM-CAM (version 1.0)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2063-2085

  Monier, E ^a   Scott, J R ^a   Sokolov, A P ^a   Forest, C E ^b   Schlosser, C A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84890919678     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-2063-2013     Document Type: Article

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