Analysis of tropical radiative heating profiles: A comparison of models and observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  McFarlane, Sally A ^a   Mather, James H ^a   Ackerman, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL REGION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT;

MANUS; MELANESIA; MICRONESIA; NAURU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 34548753468     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008290     Document Type: Article

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