Understanding the effects of atmospheric circulation in the relationships between water vapor and temperature through theoretical analyses

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Lu, Er ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DYNAMIC PROCESS ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR-TEMPERATURE RELATIONSHIPS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34548598610     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029727     Document Type: Article

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