Comparison of mechanisms of cloud-climate feedbacks in GCMs

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages 1480-1489

  Senior, Catherine A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 0032883626     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1480:comocc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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