A line-by-line investigation of solar radiative effects in vertically inhomogeneous low clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 536, 1996, Pages 1873-1890

  Ramaswamy, V ^a   Li, J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud optical properties; Inhomogeneous cloud; Radiative transfer model; Solar radiation scattering

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0010914087     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53606     Document Type: Article

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