Global warming of the atmosphere in radiative-convective equilibrium

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1894-1910

  Iwasa, Yoshiharu ^a   Abe, Yutaka ^b   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSES; HEAT CONVECTION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTIONS; DYNAMIC CONVECTION MODELS (DCM); GREENHOUSE GASES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 4344713278     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1894:GWOTAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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