Atmospheric moisture residence times and cycling: Implications for rainfall rates and climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 667-694

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESIDENCE TIME;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031669082     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005319109110     Document Type: Article

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