Influence of aerosols on the shortwave cloud radiative forcing from North Pacific oceanic clouds: Results from the Cloud Indirect Forcing Experiment (CIFEX)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Wilcox, Eric M ^a   Roberts, Greg ^b   Ramanathan, V ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COOLING; HEAT RADIATION; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE COOLING; MICROPHYSICAL EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 34248559433     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027150     Document Type: Article

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