Comments on "Examination of the decadal tropical mean ERBS nonscanner radiation data for the Iris hypothesis"

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2123-2127

  Chou, Ming Dah ^a   Lindzen, Richard S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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RADIATION BALANCE;

EID: 24644503042     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3406.1     Document Type: Note

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