On the robustness of tropospheric adjustment in CMIP5 models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Kamae, Youichi ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CLOUD AMOUNT; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NEAR-SURFACE; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84871273100     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054275     Document Type: Article

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