Rethinking the lower bound on aerosol radiative forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4794-4819

  Stevens, Bjorn ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate change; Climate models; Climate sensitivity; Coupled models; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84941121923     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00656.1     Document Type: Article

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