Global Survey of the Relationships of Cloud Albedo and Liquid Water Path with Droplet Size Using ISCCP

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1516-1528

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

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

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

^c Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

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EID: 0001120393     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1516:GSOTRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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