Some implications of a new approach to the water vapour feedback

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 925-933

  Ingram, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate feedbacks; Climate sensitivity; General circulation models; Model comparison

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84874949123     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1456-3     Document Type: Article

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