Sensitivity of atmospheric radiative heating rate profiles to variations of cloud layer overlap

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2941-2959

  Chen, T ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Rossow, W B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WARMING;

EID: 0034253168     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2941:SOARHR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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