Climate variability and relationships between top-of-atmosphere radiation and temperatures on Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3642-3659

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Zhang, Yongxin ^a   Fasullo, John T ^a   Taguchi, Shoichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NET RADIATION; RADIATION BALANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84930379494     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022887     Document Type: Article

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