A climatology of midlatitude continental clouds from the ARM SGP central facility: Part I: Low-level cloud macrophysical, microphysical, and radiative properties

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1391-1410

  Dong, Xiquan ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Xi, Baike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; RADIOMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; OVERCAST LOW CLOUD; RADIOMETER DATA;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; STRATUS;

STRAWBERRY GREEN PETAL PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 20444471064     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3342.1     Document Type: Article

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