A strict test in climate modeling with spectrally resolved radiances: GCM simulation versus AIRS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Yi ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b   Huang, Xianglei ^c   Fu, Qiang ^d   Bardeen, Charles ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER VAPOR;

BROADBAND LONGWAVE FLUX; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INFRARED RADIATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIANCE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 39549090178     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031409     Document Type: Article

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