Probability of emergence of novel temperature regimes at different levels of cumulative carbon emissions

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 418-423

  Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^a   Charland, Allison ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; PROBABILITY; THERMAL REGIME; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84989930821     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1320     Document Type: Article

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