Radiative heat transfer analysis within three-dimensional clouds subjected to solar and sky irradiation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 3125-3133

  Nishikawa, Toru ^a   Maruyama, Shigenao ^a   Sakai, Seigo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; RAY EMISSION MODEL (REM); SKY IRRADIATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 12144267277     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3268.1     Document Type: Article

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