Radiative effects of convection in the tropical Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 14999-15012

  Collins, W D ^a   Valero, F P J ^a   Flatau, P J ^a   Lubin, D ^a   Grassl, H ^b,c   Pilewskie, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPEX; CLOUD FORCING; CONVECTION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; OCEAN SURFACE; RADIATIVE EFFECT; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 4243060726     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jd02534     Document Type: Article

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