Climatic response to anthropogenic sulphate aerosols versus well-mixed greenhouse gases from 1850 to 2000 AD in CLIMBER-2

Eva Bauer; Vladimir Petoukhov; Andrey Ganopolski; Alexey V. Eliseev

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00318.x

Climatic response to anthropogenic sulphate aerosols versus well-mixed greenhouse gases from 1850 to 2000 AD in CLIMBER-2

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 60 (2008): Issue 1

By: Eva Bauer, Vladimir Petoukhov, Andrey Ganopolski and Alexey V. Eliseev

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