An estimate of the surface shortwave cloud forcing over the western pacific during TOGA COARE

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 519-522

  Waliser, Duane E ^a   Collins, William D ^b   Anderson, Steven P ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

BUOY OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD FORCING; EMPIRICAL APPROXIMATIONS; INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIODS; RAIN RATES; SURFACE COOLING; SURFACE INSOLATION; WESTERN PACIFIC;

HEAT FLUX;

BUOY OBSERVATION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD FORCING; INSOLATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION BALANCE; SHORTWAVE CLOUD FORCING; SURFACE COOLING; TOGA COARE; TOGA-COARE;

PACIFIC, (WEST); PACIFIC, (WESTERN);

EID: 0029750051     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00245     Document Type: Article

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