On the variability of the global net radiative energy balance of the nonequilibrium earth

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1277-1290

  Harries, John E ^a   Belotti, Claudio ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND RADIATION; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LONG WAVES; MODEL STUDY; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NON EQUILIBRIUM; OCEAN HEAT; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE ENERGY BALANCE; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; TIME INTERVAL; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT STORAGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EARTH; EL NINO; ENERGY BALANCE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 77953667708     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2797.1     Document Type: Article

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