Radiative forcing due to stratospheric water vapour from CH4 oxidation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Myhre, Gunnar ^a,b   Nilsen, Jørgen S ^a,c   Gulstad, Line ^a   Shine, Keith P ^d   Rognerud, Bjørg ^a   Isaksen, Ivar S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METHANE; OXIDATION; WATER VAPOR;

RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR; TEMPERATURE CHANGE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; OXIDATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34548041165     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027472     Document Type: Article

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