On the additivity of climate response to anthropogenic aerosols and CO2, and the enhancement of future global warming by carbonaceous aerosols

Alf Kirkevåg; Trond Iversen; Jón Egill Kristjánsson; Øyvind Seland; Jens Boldingh Debernard

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00308.x

On the additivity of climate response to anthropogenic aerosols and CO2, and the enhancement of future global warming by carbonaceous aerosols

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 3

By: Alf Kirkevåg, Trond Iversen, Jón Egill Kristjánsson, Øyvind Seland and Jens Boldingh Debernard

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