Characteristics of cirrus clouds and its radiative properties based on lidar observation over Chung-Li, Taiwan

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 723-735

  Das, Subrata Kumar ^a   Chiang, Chih Wei ^a,b   Nee, Jan Bai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cirrus cloud; Depolarization ratio; IR forcing; Lidar; Optical depth

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS CLOUD; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; IR FORCING; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOLARIZATION; FEEDBACK; OPTICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHUNGLI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 67649203069     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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