Implications of the observed mesoscale variations of clouds for the earth's radiation budget

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 557-585

  Rossow, William B ^a   Delo, Carl ^a   Cairns, Brian ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY;

MESOSCALES;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION BUDGET;

EID: 0037088110     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0557:IOTOMV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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