Climate response to imposed solar radiation reductions in high latitudes

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-315

  MacCracken, M C ^a   Shin, H J ^b,c   Caldeira, K ^b   Ban Weiss, G A ^b,d  

^a Climate Institute   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^d University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED SOLAR RADIATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CONVERGENCE ZONES; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; GAS CONCENTRATION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; POLEWARD ENERGY TRANSPORT; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA ICE; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; POLAR REGION; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84893480223     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-4-301-2013     Document Type: Article

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