Assessing the effects of ocean diffusivity and climate sensitivity on the rate of global climate change

Andrew Ross; H. Damon Matthews; Andreas Schmittner; Zavareh Kothavala

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17733

Assessing the effects of ocean diffusivity and climate sensitivity on the rate of global climate change

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Andrew Ross, H. Damon Matthews, Andreas Schmittner and Zavareh Kothavala

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17733 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 17733 - 17733

Submitted on: Sep 30, 2011

Published on: Jan 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

climate sensitivity,

ocean diffusivity,

global climate change,

probability analysis,

rate of warming

© 2012 Andrew Ross, H. Damon Matthews, Andreas Schmittner, Zavareh Kothavala, published by Stockholm University Press
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