An investigation of the sensitivity of the clear-sky outgoing longwave radiation to atmospheric temperature and water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Yi ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b   Soden, Brian ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34250313857     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006906     Document Type: Article

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