Climate sensitivity of tropical and subtropical marine low cloud amount to ENSO and global warming due to doubled CO2

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Ping ^a   Hack, James J ^b   Kiehl, Jeffrey T ^b   Bretherton, Chrsitopher S ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WARMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MIXED LAYER; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 35748955226     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008174     Document Type: Article

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