title: Carbon dioxide and climate: the importance of realistic geography in estimating the transient temperature response.
abstract: Results obtained from a detailed air-sea-ice climate model for an instantaneous increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide content are used to estimate the transient surface temperature response for several time-dependent carbon dioxide increase scenarios. The inclusion of realistic variations of land fraction and ocean mixing with latitude is found to limit the applicability of steady- state simulations as approximate guides to the actual time-dependent temperature response, particularly when the regional response is considered.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Schneider