Evidence for climate change in the satellite cloud record

Nature

Volumn 536, Issue 7614, 2016, Pages 72-75

  Norris, Joel R ^a   Allen, Robert J ^b   Evan, Amato T ^a   Zelinka, Mark D ^c   O'Dell, Christopher W ^d   Klein, Stephen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY BUDGET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONITORING SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; STORM TRACK;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HURRICANE; LATITUDE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE COOLING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; SUBTROPICAL DRY ZONE; VOLCANO; WEATHER;

EID: 84978153632     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18273     Document Type: Article

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