Sensitivity of the shortwave radiative budget to the parameterization of ice crystal effective radius

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  van Zadelhoff, G J ^a   van Meijgaard, E ^a   Donovan, D P ^a   Knap, W H ^a   Boers, R ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

ALBEDO; CLOUD; DATA SET; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; RADIATION BUDGET; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34250650136     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007791     Document Type: Article

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