Metrics for linking emissions of gases and aerosols to global precipitation changes

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 525-540

  Shine, K P ^a   Allan, R P ^a   Collins, W J ^a   Fuglestvedt, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; IONIZATION OF GASES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AEROSOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84940642230     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-6-525-2015     Document Type: Article

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