On the diagnosis of radiative feedback in the presence of unknown radiative forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Spencer, Roy W ^a   Braswell, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FEEDBACK; PHASE SPACE METHODS; SATELLITES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE SYSTEM; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; FEEDBACK MODEL; FORCINGS; NON-RADIATIVE; PHASE-SPACE PLOT; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPIRAL PATTERN; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TIME VARYING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 77956219898     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013371     Document Type: Article

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