Inference of Climate Sensitivity from Analysis of Earth's Energy Budget

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 85-106

  Forster, Piers M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Ocean heat uptake; Radiative forcing; Simple climate models; Transient climate response

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE RESPONSE; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; EARTH'S ENERGIES; ENERGY IMBALANCES; HISTORICAL PERIODS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; EQUILIBRIUM; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RADIATIVE FORCING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84977139562     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060614-105156     Document Type: Article

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