The asymmetry of the climate system’s response to solar forcing changes and its implications for geoengineering scenarios

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5171-5184

  Schaller, N ^a,b   Sedlacek J ^a   Knutti, R ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; FEEDBACK; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; GEOENGINEERING; IDEALIZED FORCING SIMULATION; RESPONSE PATTERNS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84901698353     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021258     Document Type: Article

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