Orographic cirrus in a future climate

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7825-7845

  Joos, H ^a   Spichtinger, P ^a   Lohmann, U ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OROGRAPHY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 77950379537     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-7825-2009     Document Type: Article

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