A new framework for climate sensitivity and prediction: a modelling perspective

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages 1459-1471

  Ragone, Francesco ^a   Lucarini, Valerio ^a,b   Lunkeit, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate response; Climate sensitivity; GCM ensemble simulations; IPCC climate change scenarios; Linear response theory

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84959076030     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2657-3     Document Type: Article

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