Simulations of the effects of interannual and decadal variability on the clear-sky outgoing long-wave radiation spectrum

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 594 PART A, 2003, Pages 2971-2988

  Brindley, Helen E ^a   Allan, Richard P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic variability and change; Spectral signatures

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OZONE; SATELLITES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

METEOROLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142153715     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/003590003769682138     Document Type: Article

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