Cloud variations and the Earth's energy budget

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Dessler, A E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY FLUXES; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 80053550957     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049236     Document Type: Article

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