= Syukuro Manabe
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= S. Manabe
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= Suki Manabe
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<Syukuro Manabe> and <Richard T. Wetherald> modelled an atmosphere relaxing toward radiative-convective equilibrium and studied its response to changes in factors including <carbon dioxide>. Their prescribed <relative humidity> lets water vapour change with temperature.<Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Given Distribution of Relative Humidity by Syukuro Manabe and Richard T. Wetherald>[1967 Abstract: equilibrium model and water-vapour adjustment]{ref}
This couples radiative transfer with vertical thermal adjustment, making the feedback assumptions explicit. A simpler dry or fixed-water-content atmosphere need not predict the same equilibrium response.
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