A numerical study on appearance of the runaway greenhouse state of a three-dimensional gray atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3223-3238

  Ishiwatari, Masaki ^a   Takehiro, Shin Ichi ^b   Nakajima, Kensuke ^b   Hayashi, Yoshi Yuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

SOLAR CONSTANT;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0037113331     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<3223:ANSOAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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