Effect of the temperature dependence of gas absorption in climate feedback

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Yi ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS ABSORPTION; JACOBIAN MATRICES; METEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

EID: 34250319763     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007398     Document Type: Article

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