The role of water vapor feedback in unperturbed climate variability and global warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2327-2346

  Hall, A ^a   Manabe, S ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL WARMING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033172671     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2327:trowvf>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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