Cloud water contents and hydrometeor sizes during the FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D14, 2001, Pages 15015-15028

  Shupe, Matthew D ^a,d   Uttal, Taneil ^a,d   Matrosov, Sergey Y ^b,d   Frisch, A Shelby ^c,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d R/ETL6   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD WATER; HYDROMETRY; RADIOMETER;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0034869791     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900476     Document Type: Article

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