Global-scale climate impact functions: the relationship between climate forcing and impact

Climatic Change

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 475-487

  Arnell, N W ^a   Brown, S ^b   Gosling, S N ^c   Hinkel, J ^d   Huntingford, C ^e   Lloyd Hughes, B ^a   Lowe, J A ^a   Osborn, T ^f   Nicholls, R J ^b   Zelazowski, P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Global Climate Forum   (Germany)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SEA-LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84959197189     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-1034-7     Document Type: Article

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