The Monterey Area Ship Track experiment

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2523-2541

  Durkee, Philip A ^a   Noone, Kevin J ^b   Bluth, Robert T ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOCUMULUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033789929     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2523:TMASTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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