Radiative-convective equilibrium in a three-dimensional cloud-ensemble model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 550, 1998, Pages 2073-2097

  Tompkins, Adrian M ^a   Craig, George C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATION BALANCE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032413083     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55012     Document Type: Article

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