A temporary, moderate and responsive scenario for solar geoengineering

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-206

  Keith, David W ^a   MacMartin, Douglas G ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGINEERING; OZONE; RISK FACTOR; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84923919589     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2493     Document Type: Review

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