An Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Station in the Tropical Western Pacific

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 627-642

  Mather, James H ^a   Ackerman, T P ^a   Clements, W E ^b   Barnes, F J ^b   Ivey, M D ^c   Hatfield, L D ^d   Reynolds, R M ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; RADIATION; WEATHER STATION;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WEST); PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MANUS PROVINCE;

EID: 0031669880     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0627:AARACS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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