Clouds and shortwave fluxes at Nauru. Part II: Shortwave flux closure

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2602-2615

  McFarlane, Sally A ^a   Evans, K Franklin ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT (ARM); CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MILLIMETER-WAVELENGTH CLOUD RADAR (MMCR);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MICRONESIA; NAURU; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 10244266362     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3299.1     Document Type: Article

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