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Determination of a lower bound on Earth’s climate sensitivity Cover

Determination of a lower bound on Earth’s climate sensitivity

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Jan 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.21533 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 21533 - 21533
Submitted on: May 24, 2013
Accepted on: Aug 15, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
climate sensitivity,
forcing,
temperature change,
ocean heat uptake,
greenhouse gases,
aerosols

© 2013 Lennart Bengtsson, Stephen E. Schwartz, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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