Seasonal variation of liquid and ice water path in nonprecipitating clouds over oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2890-2902

  Lin, Bing ^a,c   Rossow, William B ^b  

^a Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program   (United States)

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

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD PHYSICS; ICE WATER PATH; ISCCP; LIQUID WATER PATH; LIQUID/ICE WATER PATH; NON PRECIPITATING CLOUD; NONPRECIPITATING CLOUDS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SSM/I;

EID: 0030437514     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2890:SVOLAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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