Diurnal effects in the composition of cirrus clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a   Liou, Kuo Nan ^b   Takano, Yoshihide ^b   Khvorostyanov, Vitaly I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; SOLAR HEATING;

DIURNAL EFFECTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ICE CRYSTAL; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0042784176     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl017034     Document Type: Article

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