Microphysical and short-wave radiative structure of stratocumulus clouds over the Southern Ocean: Summer results and seasonal differences

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 545, 1998, Pages 151-168

  Boers, R ^a   Jensen, J B ^a   Krummel, P B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloud physics; Decoupled stratocumulus; Dimethylsulphide; Drizzle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001539195     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54506     Document Type: Article

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