The global character of the flux of downward longwave radiation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2329-2340

  Stephens, Graeme L ^a   Wild, Martin ^b   Stackhouse, Paul W ^c   L'Ecuyer, Tristan ^d   Kato, Seiji ^c   Henderson, David S ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Energy budget balance; Energy transport; Hydrologic cycle; Planetary atmospheres

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY BALANCE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

CLEAR SKY; DOWN-WELLING; ENERGY BUDGET/BALANCE; ENERGY-TRANSPORT; GLOBAL CLOUDS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; LONG WAVES; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD; DOWNWELLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84859368731     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00262.1     Document Type: Article

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