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Short-wave radiative forcing at the surface for cloudy systems at a midlatitude site

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Jan 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.21069 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 21069 - 21069
Submitted on: Apr 9, 2013
Accepted on: Aug 22, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
cloud radiative forcing,
aerosol radiative forcing,
cloudy scenario,
short-wave range,
enhancement effect

© 2013 David Mateos, Manuel Antón, Antonio Valenzuela, Alberto Cazorla, Francisco J. Olmo, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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