The role of long-lived greenhouse gases as principal LW control knob that governs the global surface temperature for past and future climate change

Andrew A. Lacis; James E. Hansen; Gary l. Russell; Valdar Oinas; Jeffrey Jonas

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19734

The role of long-lived greenhouse gases as principal LW control knob that governs the global surface temperature for past and future climate change

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Andrew A. Lacis, James E. Hansen, Gary l. Russell, Valdar Oinas and Jeffrey Jonas

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19734 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Submitted on: Sep 19, 2012

Accepted on: Sep 28, 2013

Published on: Jan 1, 2013

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