Global distribution of cloud droplet effective radius from POLDER polarization meaurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 4065-4068

  Breon F M ^a   Colzy, S ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; DROPLET; POLARIZATION;

DROPS; POLARIZATION;

AEROSOL SOURCE; BIOMASS-BURNING; CLOUD DROPLETS; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; SMALL DROPLETS; TROPICAL OCEAN;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 0034670989     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011691     Document Type: Article

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