Cirrus feedback on interannual climate fluctuations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 9166-9173

  Zhou, C ^a,b   Dessler, A E ^a   Zelinka, M D ^b   Yang, P ^a   Wang, T ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cirrus; climate change and variability; cloud feedback

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); FEEDBACK;

CIRRUS; CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CLOUD FEEDBACKS; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; PLANETARY SURFACES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CIRRUS; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84921831180     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062095     Document Type: Article

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