The hydrological sensitivity to global warming and solar geoengineering derived from thermodynamic constraints

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 138-144

  Kleidon, Axel ^a   Kravitz, Ben ^b   Renner, Maik ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; geoengineering; hydrologic cycle; thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; CLIMATE MODELS; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; GEOENGINEERING; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; STEADY-STATE RESPONSE; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84921749900     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062589     Document Type: Article

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