Tropospheric water vapor and climate sensitivity

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1649-1658

  Schneider, Edwin K ^b   Kirtman, Ben P ^b   Lindzen, Richard S ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; MOISTURE; VAPORS;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR;

TROPOSPHERE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033149869     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1649:TWVACS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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