Quantifying the water vapour feedback associated with post-Pinatubo global cooling

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Forster, P M deF ^a,b   Collins, M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; CENTRAL LUZON; EURASIA; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ZAMBALES;

EID: 4544321047     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0431-z     Document Type: Article

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