Inconsistencies between satellite estimates of longwave cloud forcing and dynamical fields from reanalyses

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Allan, Richard P ^a   Ringer Mark A , M A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DATA PROCESSING; RADIATION; SATELLITES;

OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION (OLR);

GEOPHYSICS;

CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0042740431     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017019     Document Type: Article

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