Stratospheric water vapor and climate: Sensitivity to the representation in radiation codes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Maycock, A C ^a   Shine, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE IMPACTS; HEATING TEMPERATURES; LONG WAVES; NARROW BANDS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SAMPLING RATES; SPECTRAL REGION; WAVE NUMBERS;

VAPORS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84863481657     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017484     Document Type: Article

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