Impact of clouds on radiative heating rates in the tropical lower stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Fueglistaler, Stefan ^a   Fu, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; HEATING RATE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HEATING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MIXING RATIO; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33847646479     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007273     Document Type: Article

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