Sensitivity of the Earth's radiation budget to interannual variations in cloud amount

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-222

  Ringer, M A ^a,b   Shine, K P ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007699933     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050161     Document Type: Article

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