The earth's clear-sky radiation budget and water vapor absorption in the far infrared

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1601-1614

  Sinha, Ashok ^a   Harries, John E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; HEAT CONVECTION; INFRARED RADIATION;

CLEAR SKY RADIATION BUDGET; INFRARED COOLING; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

RADIATION BUDGET;

EID: 0031177693     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1601:TESCSR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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