The vertical structure of cloud radiative heating over the Indian subcontinent during summer monsoon

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 11557-11570

  Johansson, E ^a   Devasthale, A ^a   L'Ecuyer, T ^b   Ekman, A M L ^c   Tjernstrom M ^c  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; STRATIFORM CLOUD; SUMMER; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84945253550     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-11557-2015     Document Type: Article

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