The influence of observed cirrus microphysical properties on shortwave radiation: A case study over Oklahoma

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Mauno, Päivi ^a   McFarquhar, Greg M ^b   Räisänen, Petri ^c   Kahnert, Michael ^d   Timlin, Michael S ^e   Nousiainen, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; FORWARD SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AIR BUBBLES; ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CLOUD PARTICLES; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTALS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; NON-IDEALITIES; OKLAHOMA; OPTICAL ARRAY PROBES; OPTICAL THICKNESS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SINGLE SCATTERING; SIZE AND SHAPE; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SURFACE FLUX; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ICE;

AIR BUBBLE; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PROBE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHAPE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVELENGTH;

GREAT PLAINS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755178969     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016058     Document Type: Article

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