Cloud color and ocean radiant heating

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1101-1116

  Siegel, David A ^a   Westberry, Toby K ^a   Ohlmann, J Carter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

OCEAN RADIANT HEATING; SPECTRAL CLOUD INDEX;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; COLOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; WARMING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033117275     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1101:CCAORH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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