Cloud properties leading to highly reflective tropical cirrus: interpretations from CEPEX, TOGA COARE, and Kwajalein, Marshall Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D8, 1998, Pages 8805-8812

  Heymsfield, Andrew J ^a   McFarquhar, Greg M ^a   Collins, Williams D ^a   Goldstein, Janine A ^a   Valero, F P J ^b   Spinhirne, James ^c   Hart, William ^c   Pilewskie, Peter ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; REFLECTANCE; TOGA-COARE;

KWAJALEIN; MARSHALL ISLANDS;

EID: 0032571694     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD03679     Document Type: Article

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