Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds: The Software Package OPAC

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 831-844

  Hess, M ^a   Koepke, P ^a   Schult, I ^b  

^a Meteorol Inst   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031712829     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0831:OPOAAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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