Cloud properties and radiative effects of the Asian summer monsoon derived from A-Train data

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 9492-9508

  Berry, Elizabeth ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ICE;

A-TRAIN; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; ICE WATER PATHS; MODEL INTERCOMPARISONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

CLOUDS;

EID: 84906674784     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021458     Document Type: Article

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