Shallowness of tropical low clouds as a predictor of climate models’ response to warming

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Climate Dynamics

• Publication date

  2016-07-01

• Fields of study

  Physics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2846-0
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