Spectral and broadband longwave downwelling radiative fluxes, cloud radiative forcing, and fractional cloud cover over the South Pole

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4235-4252

  Town, Michael S ^a   Walden, Von P ^b   Warren, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; FRACTIONAL CLOUD COVER; RADIATIVE FLUXES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLEAR SKY; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LONGWAVE RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 22944451276     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3525.1     Document Type: Article

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