Diagnostic analysis of atmospheric moisture and clear-sky radiative feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D17, 2002, Pages

  Allan, Richard P ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b   Slingo, A ^a,c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate model; feedback; temperature lapse rate; water vapor

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448958733     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001131     Document Type: Article

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