An examination of the clear-sky solar absorption over the central equatorial Pacific: Observations versus models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1874-1884

  Conant, William C ^a   Ramanathan, V ^a   Valero, Francisco P J ^a   Meywerk, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OZONE LAYER; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ALBEDO MEASUREMENTS; TROPOPAUSE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

EID: 0031209187     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1874:AEOTCS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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