Cloud optical feedback and climate stability in a radiative-convective model
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v34i3.10808 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 245 - 254
Submitted on: Apr 29, 1981
Accepted on: Nov 3, 1981
Published on: Jan 1, 1982
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1982 Thomas P. Charlock, published by Stockholm University Press
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