Contrails, natural clouds, and diurnal temperature range

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5061-5075

  Dietmüller, Simone ^a   Ponater, Michael ^a   Sausen, Robert ^a   Hoinka, Klaus Peter ^a   Pechtl, Susanne ^b,c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Deutsches Patent und Markenamt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; RHENIUM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATE RESEARCHES; CLOUD AMOUNTS; CLOUD COVERAGES; CLOUD FORCING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CROSS CHECKS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA RECORDS; DIRECT IMPACTS; DIURNAL CYCLES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; STATION DATUMS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME SERIES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; UNITED STATES; UPPER LIMITS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAIL; DIURNAL VARIATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RESEARCH WORK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349096410     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2255.1     Document Type: Article

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