Effect of water vapor feedback on internal and anthropogenic variations of the global hydrologic cycle

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D5, 2000, Pages 6935-6944

  Hall, Alex ^a,c   Manabe, Syukuro ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033791598     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901172     Document Type: Article

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