Sensitivity of simulated global climate to perturbations in low cloud microphysical properties. Part II: Spatially localized perturbations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2788-2801

  Chen, C T ^a,b   Ramaswamy, V ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ENERGY BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0030378165     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2788:SOSGCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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