What controls stratocumulus radiative properties? Lagrangian observations of cloud evolution

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2215-2236

  Pincus, Robert ^a,b   Baker, Marcia B ^a   Bretherton, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001346551     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2215:WCSRPL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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