Albedo bias and the horizontal variability of clouds in subtropical marine boundary layers: Observations from ships and satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6183-6191

  Pincus, Robert ^a,d,e   McFarlane, Sally A ^b   Klein, Stephen A ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033608678     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200125     Document Type: Article

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