Where and when will we observe cloud changes due to climate warming'

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8387-8395

  Chepfer, H ^a   Noel, V ^a   Winker, D ^b   Chiriaco, M ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

climate; clouds; remote sensing; spaceborne lidar

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING;

ANTHROPOGENIC WARMING; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; CLIMATE; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR; SPACE-BORNE SENSOR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921602172     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061792     Document Type: Article

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