Climate sensitivity of the Earth to solar irradiance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 33-1-33-4

  Douglass, David H ^a   Clader, B David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSES;

GEOPHYSICS;

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0242432513     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015345     Document Type: Article

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