Examination of relationships between clear-sky longwave radiation and aspects of the atmospheric hydrological cycle in climate models, reanalyses, and observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3127-3145

  Allan, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; CLIMATE MODEL; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; LONG WAVES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE COOLING; ROBUST SENSITIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL OCEAN; VOLCANIC FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 67650539053     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2616.1     Document Type: Article

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