Near-infrared spectral measurements of liquid water absorption by clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1941-1944

  Evans, W F J ^a   Puckrin, E ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIQUIDS; SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLIMATOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; EXTRATERRESTRIAL INSOLATIONS; FT-IR-SPECTROMETERS; INFORMATION CONCERNING; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTRAL; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT;

WATER ABSORPTION; CLOUDS;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING RATIO; NEAR INFRARED SOLAR FLUX MEASUREMENT;

ABSORPTION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LIQUID WATER; NEAR INFRARED; RADIATION; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 0030183035     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01473     Document Type: Article

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