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- adjective Attributive form of
water vapor , noun.
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Examples
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The scientists found: Stratospheric water-vapor concentrations decreased by about 10 percent after the year 2000 ...
Think Progress » Fifteen States Have Polluter-Driven Resolutions To Deny Climate Threat 2010
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If that is not enough, these upper-level westerlies are extremely dry, as indicated by the orange tint in the water-vapor imagery shown to the right.
Another named tropical storm on the way? Greg Postel 2010
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It then follows that water-vapor feedback is negative rather than positive.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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The water-vapor feedback implied by these observations is strongly positive, with an average magnitude of λ q = 2.04 W/m2/K, similar to that simulated by climate models.
Open Letter to the Climate Science Community: EliRabett 2009
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The IPCC's hypothesized strong water-vapor 'enhanced' feedback effect has not been observed by instrumental measurements.
Open Letter to the Climate Science Community: EliRabett 2009
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In fact, one of us (hint: not the blogger) recently published a paper estimating the magnitude of the water-vapor feedback exclusively from data -- no climate models involved.
David Roberts: Huffington Post Blows It With Recycled Climate Skeptic Nonsense 2009
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The water-vapor climate feedback inferred from climate fluctuations, 2003-2008, Geophys.
Open Letter to the Climate Science Community: EliRabett 2009
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There are a number of possible causes, including improperly installed roofing; missing flashing around penetrations and joints; no moisture barrier in a climate that requires it; lack of a drainage space behind brick or siding; poorly installed windows and doors; holes in siding; plumbing leaks and trapped water-vapor condensation from moist air contacting cold surfaces.
Protect Your Investment: Avoid shoddy home construction 2008
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There are a number of possible causes, including improperly installed roofing; missing flashing around penetrations and joints; no moisture barrier in a climate that requires it; lack of a drainage space behind brick or siding; poorly installed windows and doors; holes in siding; plumbing leaks and trapped water-vapor condensation from moist air contacting cold surfaces.
Protect Your Investment: Avoid shoddy home construction 2008
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I read this as saying the climate sensitivity, with water-vapor feedback, is around 1.7 – 2.0ºC per 2xCO2, or at the low end of the IPCC guesstimates.
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