Subtropical water vapor as a mediator of rapid global climate change

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 112, Issue , 1999, Pages 339-361

  Pierrehumbert, Raymond T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84989858082     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM112p0339     Document Type: Chapter

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