Uncertainty in the magnitude of aerosol-cloud radiative forcing over recent decades

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 9040-9049

  Regayre, L A ^a   Pringle, K J ^a   Booth, B B B ^b   Lee, L A ^a   Mann, G W ^a   Browse, J ^a   Woodhouse, M T ^c   Rap, A ^a   Reddington, C L ^a   Carslaw, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

aerosol indirect effect; aerosol cloud interaction; decadal climate projection; perturbed parameter ensemble; sensitivity analysis; statistical emulation of a complex model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; CLIMATE PROJECTION; COMPLEX MODEL; PERTURBED PARAMETER ENSEMBLE;

AEROSOLS;

ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ENERGY BALANCE; HIATUS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIMESCALE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

EID: 84921790880     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062029     Document Type: Article

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