Characteristics of the Atmospheric state and the surface radiation budget at the tropical western Pacific ARM site

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4513-4516

  Mather, James H ^a   Ackerman, Thomas P ^a   Jensen, Michael P ^a   Clements, William E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; ARM PROCESSORS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC STATE; SURFACE RADIATION BUDGET; SURFACE SHORTWAVE CLOUD FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL;

CLOUD; INSTRUMENTATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032535251     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900196     Document Type: Article

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