Estimates of cloud radiative forcing in contrail clusters using GOES imagery

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D5, 2001, Pages 4927-4937

  Duda, David P ^a,d   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Nguyen, Louis ^c  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONTRAIL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GOES; OPTICAL PROPERTY; TROPOSPHERE;

(TROPICAL); (WEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034963416     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900393     Document Type: Article

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