= Richard T. Wetherald
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= R. T. Wetherald
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= Richard Wetherald
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<Richard T. Wetherald> and <Syukuro Manabe> calculated atmospheric radiative-convective equilibrium with a prescribed <relative humidity> distribution. Allowing the water-vapour content to adjust with temperature changed the sensitivity compared with fixing absolute humidity.<Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Given Distribution of Relative Humidity by Syukuro Manabe and Richard T. Wetherald>[1967 Abstract: humidity assumptions and equilibrium sensitivity]{ref}
The calculation demonstrates why a humidity constraint is a physical modelling assumption: it controls part of the radiative feedback as the atmosphere warms.
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