Robust responses of the hydrological cycle to global warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5686-5699

  Held, Isaac M ^a   Soden, Brian J ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONVECTIVE MASS FLUXES; EXTRATROPICS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33750617761     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3990.1     Document Type: Article

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