Sensitivity of a coupled climate-carbon cycle model to large volcanic eruptions during the last millennium

Victor Brovkin; Stephan J. Lorenz; Johann Jungclaus; Thomas Raddatz; Claudia Timmreck; Christian H. Reick; Joachim Segschneider; Katharina Six

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00471.x

Sensitivity of a coupled climate-carbon cycle model to large volcanic eruptions during the last millennium

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 62 (2010): Issue 5

By: Victor Brovkin, Stephan J. Lorenz, Johann Jungclaus, Thomas Raddatz, Claudia Timmreck, Christian H. Reick, Joachim Segschneider and Katharina Six

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