Parameterizing grid-averaged longwave fluxes for inhomogeneous marine boundary layer clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 2785-2798

  Barker, Howard W ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONGWAVE FLUX; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0031398390     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2785:PGALFF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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