The thunderstorm thermostat hypothesis: How clouds and thunderstorms control the Earth's temperature

Energy and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 201-216

  Eschenbach, Willis ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; THERMOSTATS;

EARTH'S TEMPERATURE; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; FORCINGS; SATELLITE PHOTOS; TEMPERATURE STABILITY; TROPICAL CLOUDS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CLOUD; EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 77954404081     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.21.4.201     Document Type: Article

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