Effects of observed horizontal inhomogeneities within cirrus clouds on solar radiative transfer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages AAC-9-1-AAC-9-9

  Buschmann, Nicole ^a   McFarquhar, Greg M ^b   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

0320 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Cloud physics and chemistry; 1655 Global Change: Water cycles (1836); 1694 Global Change: Instruments and techniques; 3359 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Radiative processes; Cirrus clouds

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLOUD; GEOPHYSICS; IN SITU TEST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADAR; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 36448943652     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001273     Document Type: Article

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