Satellite observations of the water vapor greenhouse effect and column longwave cooling rates: Relative roles of the continuum and vibration-rotation to pure rotation bands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Inamdar, Anand K ^a   Ramanathan, V ^a   Loeb, Norman G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques; Radiative processes; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2642514828     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003980     Document Type: Article

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