How may low-cloud radiative properties simulated in the current climate influence low-cloud feedbacks under global warming?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Brient, F ^a   Bony, S ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 84868004805     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053265     Document Type: Article

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