Countdown to Kyoto, Parts I-III: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, October 7, 9, and November 6, 1997, Volume 1; Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 |
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... troposphere . This upper tropospheric heat can be more efficiently radiated out to space since it is above most of the heat - trapping vapor . Thus , convective overturning of the atmosphere , and not radiation balance , largely ...
... troposphere . This upper tropospheric heat can be more efficiently radiated out to space since it is above most of the heat - trapping vapor . Thus , convective overturning of the atmosphere , and not radiation balance , largely ...
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... tropospheric temperature profile fluctuates naturally in response to this transport of heat from the surface to the upper troposphere . 0.5 Degrees C 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5 www 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 ...
... tropospheric temperature profile fluctuates naturally in response to this transport of heat from the surface to the upper troposphere . 0.5 Degrees C 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.5 www 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 ...
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... tropospheric circulation systems have in redistributing water vapor spatially . Water vapor feedback can only be meaningfully evaluated over entire circulation systems , such as the entire tropical half of the Earth , or preferably over ...
... tropospheric circulation systems have in redistributing water vapor spatially . Water vapor feedback can only be meaningfully evaluated over entire circulation systems , such as the entire tropical half of the Earth , or preferably over ...
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... tropospheric circulation system , with its cycling of water through evaporation , cloud formation , rainfall , and cloud re - evaporation . These rainfall systems control the supply of water vapor to the cloud - free air , whose ...
... tropospheric circulation system , with its cycling of water through evaporation , cloud formation , rainfall , and cloud re - evaporation . These rainfall systems control the supply of water vapor to the cloud - free air , whose ...
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... Tropospheric Humidity New water vapor measurements of the middle and upper troposphere are now being derived from the SSM / T - 2 water vapor sounder on the DMSP satellites . These microwave measurements have the advantage of being able ...
... Tropospheric Humidity New water vapor measurements of the middle and upper troposphere are now being derived from the SSM / T - 2 water vapor sounder on the DMSP satellites . These microwave measurements have the advantage of being able ...
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