Possible reasons for low climate-model sensitivity to increased carbon dioxide concentrations

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 350-355

  Volodin, E M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide; climate; cloudiness; forcing; model; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905459845     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433814040239     Document Type: Article

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