The role of cloud diurnal variations in the time-mean energy budget

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1114-1124

  Bergman, John W ^a   Salby, Murry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY BUDGET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0031428857     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1114:TROCDV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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