An elicitation of the dynamic nature of water vapor feedback in climate change using a 1D model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1878-1894

  Hallegatte, Stéphane ^a,b,c   Lahellec, Alain ^d   Grandpeix, Jean Yves ^d  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS; WATER VAPOR; WATER VAPOR FEEDBACK;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33746875156     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3725.1     Document Type: Article

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