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1 - The concept of climate sensitivity: history and development

from Part I - Climate system science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2010

Natalia Andronova
Affiliation:
Department of Atmospheric, University of Michigan
Michael E. Schlesinger
Affiliation:
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois
Suraje Dessai
Affiliation:
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Norwich
Mike Hulme
Affiliation:
Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia Norwich
Bin Li
Affiliation:
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois
Michael E. Schlesinger
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Haroon S. Kheshgi
Affiliation:
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering
Joel Smith
Affiliation:
Stratus Consulting Ltd, Boulder
Francisco C. de la Chesnaye
Affiliation:
US Environmental Protection Agency
John M. Reilly
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tom Wilson
Affiliation:
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto
Charles Kolstad
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Human-Induced Climate Change
An Interdisciplinary Assessment
, pp. 5 - 17
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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