Global-mean precipitation and black carbon in AR4 simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pendergrass, A G ^a   Hartmann, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION CHANGES; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE WARMS; PRECIPITATION CHANGE;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; BLACK CARBON; CLEAR SKY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84855615270     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050067     Document Type: Article

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