An overview of the ACE-2 CLOUDYCOLUMN closure experiment

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 815-827

  Brenguier, J L ^a   Chuang, P Y ^b   Fouquart, Y ^g   Johnson, D W ^c   Parol, F ^g   Pawlowska, Hanna ^d   Pelon, Jacques ^e   Schüller, Lothar ^g   Schroder F ^f   Snider, J ^g  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e Service d'Aéronomie   (France)

^f Deutsches Forschungszentrum L   (Germany)

^g GME1/MNP ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL; CLOSURE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

EID: 0034070781     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2000.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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