Shortwave spectral radiative forcing of cumulus clouds from surface observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Kassianov, E ^a   Barnard, J ^a   Berg, L K ^a   Long, C N ^a   Flynn, C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTROSCOPY; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ALL-SKY; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CUMULUS CLOUD; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; FLUX OBSERVATION; NARROW BANDS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHYSICALLY BASED; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; SINGLE LAYER; SPECTRAL CHANGE; SPECTRAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE OBSERVATION; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS; BROADBAND FLUXES; CONTINENTAL CUMULI; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE;

CLOUDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953658299     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046282     Document Type: Article

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