Arctic stratus cloud properties and radiative forcing derived from ground-based data collected at Barrow, Alaska

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-461

  Dong, Xiquan ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES;

CLOUD PROPERTIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATUS;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141453173     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0445:ASCPAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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