Greenhouse effect, atmospheric solar absorption and the earth's radiation budget: From the Arrhenius-Langley era to the 1990s

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Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-46

  Ramanathan, V ^a   Vogelmann, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARRHENIUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 0030616781     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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