The Iris hypothesis: A negative or positive cloud feedback?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 3-7

  Lin, Bing ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^a   Chambers, Lin H ^a   Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Xu, Kuan Man ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; RADIANT HEATING; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE;

GLOGAL CLIMATE SYSTEM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; TROPOSPHERE;

(TROPICAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036465051     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0003:tihano>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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