Climate change during 1985-1999: Cloud interactions determined from satellite measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-1-19-4

  Cess, Robert D ^a   Udelhofen, Petra M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD INTERACTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0038168999     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016128     Document Type: Article

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