A regional climate model study of the scale dependence of cloud-radiation interactions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1221-1234

  Dudek, Michael P ^a   Liang, Xin Zhong ^a   Wang, Wei Chyung ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; RADIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL;

USA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0030440656     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1221:ARCMSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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