Cloud fraction at the ARM SGP site: Instrument and sampling considerations from 14 years of ARSCL

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 91-105

  Kennedy, Aaron D ^a   Dong, Xiquan ^a   Xi, Baike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84891663975     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0853-9     Document Type: Article

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