Climatic variability of cloud radiative forcing

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 540, 1997, Pages 1055-1073

  Weare, Bryan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cloud climatology; Earth radiation budget; Interannual variations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD FORCING; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 0031443698     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54012     Document Type: Article

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