Atmospheric science: A matter of humidity

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5917, 2009, Pages 1020-1021

  Dessler, Andrew E ^a   Sherwood, Steven C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; EL NINO; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CLOUD; DYNAMICS; EL NINO; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TROPOSPHERE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 60749084780     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1171264     Document Type: Short Survey

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