Effective radiative properties of bounded cascade nonabsorbing clouds: Definition of the equivalent homogeneous cloud approximation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D16, 2000, Pages 20617-20633

  Szczap, Frédéric ^a   Isaka, Harumi ^a   Saute, Marcel ^a   Guillemet, Bernard ^a   Ioltukhovski, Audrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 17044451809     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900146     Document Type: Article

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