A multimodel examination of climate extremes in an idealized geoengineering experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3900-3923

  Curry, Charles L ^a   Sillmann, Jana ^a,b   Bronaugh, David ^c   Alterskjaer, Kari ^b   Cole, Jason N S ^d   Ji, Duoying ^e   Kravitz, Ben ^f   Kristjánsson, Jón Egill ^b   Moore, John C ^e   Muri, Helene ^b   Niemeier, Ulrike ^g   Robock, Alan ^h   Tilmes, Simone ⁱ   Yang, Shuting ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^h Rutgers University   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL OCEAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84905246447     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020648     Document Type: Article

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