No evidence for solar absorption anomaly by marine water clouds through collocated aircraft radiation measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D11, 2000, Pages 14761-14775

  Asano, Shoji ^a,b   Uchiyama, Akihiro ^a   Mano, Yuzo ^a   Murakami, Masataka ^a   Takayama, Yozo ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0033785170     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900062     Document Type: Article

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