Dependency of global mean precipitation on surface temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Lambert, F Hugo ^a   Webb, Mark J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; ENERGY BUDGETS; FEEDBACKS]; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATIONS; MEAN PRECIPITATIONS; PRECIPITATION CHANGES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SHORT WAVES; SHORTWAVE RADIATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CLIMATES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BUDGET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 56449120333     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034838     Document Type: Article

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