Note on the definition of clear sky in calculations of shortwave cloud forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Erlick, Carynelisa ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous absorption; Cloud forcing; Indirect aerosol effect

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0346639294     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002990     Document Type: Article

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