The role of relative humidity in radiative-convective equilibrium

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2001-2011

  Sugiyama, Masahiro ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a   Emanuel, Kerry A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

PSEUDOADIABATIC TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

CONVECTION; HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 23744472822     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3434.1     Document Type: Article

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