Stratospheric water vapor feedback

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 18087-18091

  Dessler, A E ^a   Schoeberl, M R ^b   Wang, T ^a   Davis, S M ^c,d   Rosenlof, K H ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Lowermost stratosphere; Overworld

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; OVERWORLD;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC PROCESSES; FEEDBACK; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STEAM;

EID: 84887266610     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310344110     Document Type: Article

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