Differences in the efficacy of climate forcings explained by variations in atmospheric boundary layer depth

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Davy, Richard ^a   Esau, Igor ^a  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FORCING; DEPTH; EARTH; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT CAPACITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WARMING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE; COLD STRESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HEAT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84997659854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11690     Document Type: Article

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