A simulated climatology of spectrally decomposed atmospheric infrared radiation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1702-1715

  Huang, Yi ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Climatology; Energy budget balance; Longwave radiation; Sensitivity studies

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED RADIATION; DOWN-WELLING; ENERGY BUDGET/BALANCE; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; OPACITY EFFECTS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION CHANGE; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPECTRA'S; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED RADIATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874816160     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00438.1     Document Type: Article

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