Atmospheric solar heating in minor absorption bands

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 511-528

  Chou, Ming Dah ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric solar heating; Climate modeling; Minor absorption bands; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460465     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1999.10.3.511(A)     Document Type: Article

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