Cloud statistics and cloud radiative effect for a low-mountain site

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 306-324

  Ebell, Kerstin ^a   Crewell, Susanne ^a   Löhnert, Ulrich ^a   Turner, David D ^b,c   O'Connor, Ewan J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clouds; Radiation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD STATISTICS; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; FLAT TERRAINS; GERMANY; HIGH QUALITY; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; LIQUID WATER PATHS; LONG WAVES; MIXED PHASE; MOBILE FACILITY; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHORT WAVES; SINGLE LAYER; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE RADIATION; TIME-PERIODS; WATER CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; LANDFORMS; LIQUIDS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER CONTENT;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY;

EID: 79951889116     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.748     Document Type: Article

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