Stochastic radiative transfer in multilayer broken clouds. Part I: Markovian approach

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-393

  Kassianov, Evgueni ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; MARKOV PROCESSES; SOLAR RADIATION;

BROKEN CLOUDS;

MULTILAYERS;

CLOUD COVER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0037375791     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00170-X     Document Type: Article

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