The disposition of radiative energy in the global climate system: GCM-calculated versus observational estimates

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 853-869

  Wild, M ^a   Ohmura, A ^a   Gilgen, H ^a   Roeckner, E ^b   Giorgetta, M ^b   Morcrette, J J ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATION BALANCE;

EID: 0032433727     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050260     Document Type: Article

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