The effect of climate-carbon cycle feedbacks on emission metrics

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Sterner, Erik O ^a   Johansson, Daniel J A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

climate carbon cycle feedback; emission metrics; energy balance; greenhouse gases; short lived climate forcers; upwelling diffusion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON CYCLE MODELS; CARBON CYCLES; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LINEAR FEEDBACK; SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE FORCERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; UPWELLING;

EID: 85015230789     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa61dc     Document Type: Article

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