The seasonal cycle of the radiation budget and cloud radiative effect in the amazon rain forest of Brazil

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 7703-7722

  Collow, Allison B Marquardt ^a,b,c   Miller, Mark A ^c  

^a Universities Space Research Association   (Colombia)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Cloud radiative effects; Longwave radiation; Radiation budgets; Radiative fluxes; Shortwave radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; FORESTRY; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; WATER VAPOR;

AMAZON REGION; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION BUDGET; RAINFOREST; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84995484532     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0089.1     Document Type: Article

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