Average ice crystal size and bulk short-wave single-scattering properties of cirrus clouds

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-335

  Wyser, Klaus ^a   Yang, Ping ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ICE CRYSTAL; LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0032216257     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(98)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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