Absorption feedback in stratocumulus clouds Influence on cloud top albedo
By: Reinout Boers and Ross M. Mitchell
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v46i3.15476 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 229 - 241
Submitted on: Sep 10, 1992
Accepted on: Sep 27, 1993
Published on: Jan 1, 1994
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1994 Reinout Boers, Ross M. Mitchell, published by Stockholm University Press
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