Cloud and water vapor feedbacks in a vertrical energy-balance model with maximum entropy production

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6689-6697

  Wang, Biao ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^b   Shi, Guangyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FEEDBACK; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLOUD FRACTIONS; ENERGY-BALANCE MODELS; FEEDBACKS]; FORCINGS; GLOBAL CLOUDS; LAPSE RATES; MAXIMUM ENTROPIES; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; POSITIVE FEEDBACKS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE ALBEDOS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WATER VAPOR FEEDBACKS;

WATER VAPOR;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT FLUX; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 60749136548     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2349.1     Document Type: Article

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