Evolution and trend of the outgoing longwave radiation spectrum

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4637-4651

  Huang, Yi ^a,b,d   Ramaswamy, V ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-SKY; BAND CENTERS; BROADBAND FLUXES; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; CONTROLLING FACTORS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; LAPSE RATE; NATURAL VARIABILITY; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SPECTRAL BAND; SPECTRAL REGION; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT; TIME PERIODS; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350002161     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2874.1     Document Type: Article

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