Absorption of sunlight by water vapor in cloudy conditions: A partial explanation for the cloud absorption anomaly

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 571-574

  Crisp, D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; VAPORS; WATER; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR ENERGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; CLOUD TOP HEIGHT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE;

CLOUDS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; CLOUD TOP HEIGHT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOUR;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ANOMALOUS ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 0031089305     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL50245     Document Type: Article

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