Radiative effects of simulated cirrus clouds on top of a deep convective storm in METEOSAT second generation SEVIRI channels

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 109-122

  Melani, S ^a   Cattani, E ^a   Levizzani, Vincenzo ^a   Cervino, M ^a   Torricella, F ^a   Costa, M J ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATION BALANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141690311     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-002-0554-x     Document Type: Article

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