Climate impact research: Beyond patchwork

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 399-408

  Huber, V ^a,b   Schellnhuber, H J ^a,c   Arnell, N W ^d   Frieler, K ^a   Friend, A D ^e   Gerten, D ^a   Haddeland, I ^f   Kabat, P ^g   Lotze Campen, H ^a   Lucht, W ^a,h   Parry, M ⁱ   Piontek, F ^a   Rosenzweig, C ^j   Schewe, J ^a   Warszawski, L ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^g INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCHES; CLIMATE IMPACTS; COMMUNITY IS; IMPACT MODEL; INPUT DATAS; MODELLING TOOLS; MULTI MODEL; SECTORAL IMPACTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84909631477     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-5-399-2014     Document Type: Article

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