Thin liquid water clouds: Their importance and our challenge

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-190

  Turner, David D ^a   Vogelmann, A M ^b   Austin, R T ^c   Barnard, J C ^d   Cady Pereira, K ^e   Chiu, J C ^f   Clough, S A ^e   Flynn, C ^d   Khaiyer, M M ^g   Liljegren, J ^h   Johnson, K ^b   Lin, B ⁱ   Long, C ^d   Marshak, A ^j   Matrosov, S Y ^k   McFarlane, S A ^d   Miller, M ^b   Min, Q ^l   Minnis, P ⁱ   O'Hirok, W ^m   Wang, Z ⁿ   Wiscombe, W ^b,j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g AS and M   (United States)

^h ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^l STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT (ARM); LIQUID WATER PATH (LWP); MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS (SGP);

CLOUDS;

EID: 33947630302     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-2-177     Document Type: Review

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