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Representative Concentration Pathways

Representative Concentration Pathways is a standardized climate scenario framework that specifies trajectories of greenhouse gas concentrations used to project future climate conditions under distinct radiative forcing levels.

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The representative concentration pathways: an overview

Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jae Edmonds, Mikiko Kainuma et al. · Climatic Change · 2011 · 8K citations · Full text

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The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from 1765 to 2300

Malte Meinshausen, Steven J. Smith, Katherine Calvin et al. · Climatic Change · 2011 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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RCP 8.5—A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions

Keywan Riahi, Shilpa Rao, Volker Krey et al. · Climatic Change · 2011 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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The Community Earth System Model (CESM) Large Ensemble Project: A Community Resource for Studying Climate Change in the Presence of Internal Climate Variability

Jennifer E. Kay, Clara Deser, Adam S. Phillips et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2014 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Climate change projections using the IPSL-CM5 Earth System Model: from CMIP3 to CMIP5

Jean‐Louis Dufresne, Marie‐Alice Foujols, Sébastien Denvil et al. · Climate Dynamics · 2013 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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  1. JL
    Jean‐François Lamarque

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    20 publications · 19K citations

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  2. PC
    Philippe Ciais

    Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, France

    16 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. LW
    Larry W. Horowitz

    NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, United States

    17 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. DP
    Detlef P. van Vuuren

    Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands

    16 publications · 15.8K citations

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  5. CJ
    Chris Jones

    Met Office, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 4.9K citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    59 h-index

    523 publications

    38.8K citations

  2. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    51 h-index

    182 publications

    86.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    47 h-index

    306 publications

    142.4K citations

  4. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    46 h-index

    200 publications

    51K citations

  5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    44 h-index

    194 publications

    10.4K citations

  6. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

    Potsdam, Germany

    43 h-index

    191 publications

    69.4K citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    41 h-index

    121 publications

    21.7K citations

  8. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    38 h-index

    86 publications

    24.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Climate

    113 publications · 14K citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    68 publications · 7.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 73 publications · 6.3K citations

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  4. International Journal of Climatology

    97 publications · 4.2K citations

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  5. Environmental Research Letters

    ERL · 66 publications · 4.8K citations

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