Emergent constraints on climate-carbon cycle feedbacks in the CMIP5 Earth system models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 794-807

  Wenzel, Sabrina ^a   Cox, Peter M ^b   Eyring, Veronika ^a   Friedlingstein, Pierre ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon cycle feedback constraints; carbon losses; climate change; climate change projections; CMIP5 Earth system models; emergent constraint

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84902489221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002591     Document Type: Article

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