The inconstancy of the transient climate response parameter under increasing CO2

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 373, Issue 2054, 2015, Pages

  Gregory, J M ^a,b   Andrews, T ^b   Good, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate modelling; Climate sensitivity; Ocean heat uptake; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; CLIMATE RESPONSE; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; THERMAL COUPLING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84943749022     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0417     Document Type: Article

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