Low simulated radiation limit for runaway greenhouse climates

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 661-667

  Goldblatt, Colin ^a   Robinson, Tyler D ^b   Zahnle, Kevin J ^c   Crisp, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE FORCING; DATABASE; EARTH; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84881345924     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1892     Document Type: Article

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