Surface summertime radiative forcing by shallow cumuli at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains site

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Berg, Larry K ^a   Kassianov, Evgueni I ^a   Long, Charles N ^a   Mills, David L ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DEPOSITED ENERGY; INHOMOGENEITIES; INSTANTANEOUS VALUE; LONG WAVES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SINGLE LAYER; SKY CONDITION; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

CLOUDS;

CLEAR SKY; CUMULUS; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 78651296667     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014593     Document Type: Article

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