Volcanic aerosols and interannual variation of high clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2657-2660

  Song, Naihui ^a,c,d,e   Starr, David O'C ^a,e   Wuebbles, Donald J ^b   Williams, Allen ^c   Larson, Susan M ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; VOLCANOES; DATA PROCESSING; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EL NINO; HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

VOLCANIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; EL NINO; LONGWAVE RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

EID: 0030235406     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02372     Document Type: Article

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