Estimating option values of solar radiation management assuming that climate sensitivity is uncertain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 5886-5891

  Arinoa, Yosuke ^a,b   Akimoto, Keigo ^a   Sano, Fuminori ^a   Homma, Takashi ^a   Oda, Junichiro ^a   Tomoda, Toshimasa ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Decision tree analysis; Option value; Solar radiation management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COOLING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; OPTION VALUE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84969760975     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1520795113     Document Type: Article

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