Estimate of the cloud and aerosol effects on the surface radiative flux based on the measurements and the transfer model calculations Part I: Shortwave forcing at Tateno, Japan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1007-1021

  Takayabu, Yukari N ^a   Ueno, T ^b   Nakajima, T ^c   Matsui, I ^a   Tsushima, Y ^d   Aoki, K ^e   Sugimoto, N ^a   Uno, I ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Japan Marine Sci & Technol Ctr   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0033212350     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.5_1007     Document Type: Article

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