What determines the warming commitment after cessation of CO2 emissions?

Previous studies have shown that global mean surface air temperature remains elevated after cessation of CO _2 emissions. However, studies differ in whether the temperature continues to increase, slowly decreases, or remains constant after cessation of emissions. An understanding of this committed w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dana Ehlert, Kirsten Zickfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa564a