"General coldness of climate models" and the second law: Implications for modeling the earth system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2826-2846

  Johnson, Donald R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 0001362108     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2826:GCOCMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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