Daytime variation of marine stratocumulus microphysical properties as observed from geostationary satellite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1723-1726

  Greenwald, Thomas J ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

LIQUID WATER PATH; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; DIURNAL VARIATION; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0033563620     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900346     Document Type: Article

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