Radiative impacts of free-tropospheric clouds on the properties of marine stratocumulus

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3102-3118

  Christensen, Matthew W ^a   Carrió, Gustavo G ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^b   Cotton, William R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; PRECIPITATION RATES; RADIATIVE COOLING; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOISTURE; SUN;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NET RADIATION; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOCUMULUS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84885939468     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0287.1     Document Type: Article

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