Analytical investigation of the atmospheric radiation limits in semigray atmospheres in radiative equilibrium

Toni Pujol; Gerald R. North

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v55i4.12101

Analytical investigation of the atmospheric radiation limits in semigray atmospheres in radiative equilibrium

Tellus

Volume 55 (2003): Issue 4

By: Toni Pujol and Gerald R. North

Open Access

|Jan 2003

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