Global variation of column droplet concentration in low-level clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1419-1422

  Han, Qingyuan ^a   Rossow, William B ^b   Chou, Joyce ^a   Welch, Ronald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; COLUMN DROPLET CONCENTRATION; LOW LEVEL CLOUDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL; CLOUD; DROPLET;

EID: 0000768251     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01095     Document Type: Article

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