Short-wave optical properties of precipitating water clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 540, 1997, Pages 883-899

  Savijärvi, Hannu ^a,b   Arola, Antti ^a   Räisänen, Petri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Meteorology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Cloud physics; Cloud drop spectrum; Radiation parametrization; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MIE THEORY; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0031460402     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54004     Document Type: Article

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