Shortwave and longwave radiative contributions to global warming under increasing CO2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 16700-16705

  Donohoe, Aaron ^a   Armour, Kyle C ^a   Pendergrass, Angeline G ^b   Battisti, David S ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate feedbacks; Energy accumulation; Global warming

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84912098504     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412190111     Document Type: Article

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