Radiative horizontal transport and absorption in stratocumulus clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2549-2560

  Titov, Georgii A ^a,b  

^a V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0032462026     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2549:RHTAAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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