Overview of arctic cloud and radiation characteristics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1731-1764

  Curry, Judith A ^a,d   Rossow, William B ^b   Randall, David ^c   Schramm, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLOUD; HUMIDITY; RADIATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0030435211     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1731:OOACAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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