A 6-year climatology of cloud occurrence frequency from Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II observations (1985-1990)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 29407-29429

  Wang, Pi Huan ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^b   McCormick, M Patrick ^c   Kent, Geoffrey S ^a   Skeens, Kristi M ^a  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE IMPACT; SAGE II;

EID: 0030368905     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01780     Document Type: Article

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