Radiative properties of mid-latitude frontal ice-clouds observed by the shortwave and longwave radiometer-sondes

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 639-656

  Yoshida, Yukio ^a   Asano, Shoji ^a   Yamamoto, Akira ^b   Orikasa, Narihiro ^b   Yamazaki, Akihiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOSONDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA;

EID: 3242784010     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.639     Document Type: Article

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