Measurement errors in cirrus cloud microphysical properties

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-276

  Larsen, H ^a   Gayet, J F ^b   Febvre, G ^b   Chepfer, H ^c   Brogniez, G ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (cloud physics and chemistry); Instruments and techniques; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; Radiative processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542445052     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0266-8     Document Type: Article

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