On the effect of cloud inhomogeneity an area averaged radiative properties of contrails

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1427-1430

  Schulz, Jörg ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; HEAT RADIATION; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOUD ALBEDO; CLOUD INHOMOGENEITY; CONTRAILS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; CONTRAIL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0032076788     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL51098     Document Type: Article

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