Water vapor and temperature lapse rate feedbacks in the mid-latitude seasonal cycle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1761-1764

  Hu, Haijun ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCULATIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER; FEEDBACK; WATER VAPOR;

SEASONAL CYCLE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CONVECTION; LAPSE RATE; SEASONAL CYCLE; TEMPERATURE CYCLE; WATER VAPOUR;

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; ROLE OF WATER; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL COUPLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER VAPOR FEEDBACKS;

EID: 0030183064     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01669     Document Type: Article

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