Tropospheric clouds and lower stratospheric heating rates: Results from late winter in the Southern Hemisphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D8, 1999, Pages 9309-9324

  Hicke, Jeffrey ^a,b   Tuck, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033608890     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900043     Document Type: Article

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