Arctic cloud-radiation-temperature associations in observational data and atmospheric reanalyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3030-3045

  Walsh, John E ^a   Chapman, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOCPHERIC REANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0032216180     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<3030:ACRTAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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