The angular distribution of UV-B sky radiance under cloudy conditions: A comparison of measurements and radiative transfer calculations using a fractal cloud model

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 751-761

  Kuchinke, Christopher ^a   Fienberg, Kurt ^a   Nunez, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ENCAPSULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

PLANE-PARALLEL HOMOGENOUS (PPH)]; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 3042818011     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2095.1     Document Type: Article

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