Variability of optical depth and effective radius in marine stratocumulus clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2912-2926

  Szczodrak, M ^a   Austin, P H ^a   Krummel, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS;

OPTICAL DEPTH;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

AVHRR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL DEPTH; STRATOCUMULUS;

(EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0035482126     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2912:VOODAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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