Differences between carbon budget estimates unravelled

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 245-252

  Rogelj, Joeri ^a,b   Schaeffer, Michiel ^c,d   Friedlingstein, Pierre ^e   Gillett, Nathan P ^f   Van Vuuren, Detlef P ^g,h   Riahi, Keywan ^a,i   Allen, Myles ^j,k   Knutti, Reto ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c CLIMATE ANALYTICS   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84959271503     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2868     Document Type: Review

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