On the maintenance of high tropical cirrus

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D20, 1999, Pages 24423-24433

  Boehm, Matthew T ^a   Verlinde, Johannes ^a   Ackerman, Thomas P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; RADIATION BUDGET; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033610398     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900798     Document Type: Article

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