Testing climate models using thermal infrared spectra

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1863-1875

  Leroy, Stephen ^a,b   Anderson, James ^a   Dykema, John ^a   Goody, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Anderson Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTROL THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FEEDBACK; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); APPLIED (CO); CLIMATE MODELLING; CLIMATE SYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS-TIME (CT); FEEDBACKS]; INFRARED (IR) SPECTRUM; LONG WAVES; OPTI MAL DETECTION; RADIO OCCULTATION (RO); SPECTRA (CO); STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 45249089713     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2061.1     Document Type: Article

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