Radiative effects of cloud-type variations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 264-286

  Chen, Ting ^a   Rossow, William B ^b   Zhang, Yuanchong ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0034076137     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0264:REOCTV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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