Cloud effects on the radiation budget based on ISCCP data (1991 to 1995)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1103-1125

  Raschke, E ^a   Ohmura, A ^b   Rossow, W B ^c   Carlson, B E ^c   Zhang, Y C ^d   Stubenrauch, C ^e   Kottek, M ^f   Wild, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate; Clouds; Planetary; Radiation budget; Satellites

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS;

CLOUD EFFECTS; INTERNATIONAL CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT (ISCCP); INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ICZ); RADIATION BUDGET MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE-BORNE RADIANCES; VERTICAL FLUX DIVERGENCE;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; RADIATION BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 22144453603     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1157     Document Type: Article

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