Bringing climate models into agreement with observations of atmospheric absorption

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1589-1600

  Arking, Albert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT; CLIMATE MODELS; CONTINUUM ABSORPTION; ENHANCED SHORTWAVE EXPERIMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032695295     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1589:BCMIAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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