Cloud and radiation variations associated with northern midlatitude low and high sea level pressure regimes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 312-327

  Tselioudis, George ^a,b   Zhang, Yuanchong ^a   Rossow, William B ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR RADIATION;

SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP); TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE (TOA) SHORTWAVE FLUX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

EID: 0034074604     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0312:CARVAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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