<p>Magnetic fields are responsible for much of the variability and structuring in the universe, but only on the Sun can the basic magnetic field related processes be explored in detail. While several excellent textbooks have established a diagnostic foundation for exploring the physics of unmagnetiz
Solar Radiation and Clouds
β Scribed by Ronald M. Welch, Stephen K. Cox, John M. Davis (auth.)
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 108
- Series
- Meteorological Monographs
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages N2-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-2
The Effect of Monomodal Drop Size Distributions, Cloud Top Heights, Cloud Thickness and Vertical Water Vapor Profiles upon Cloud Heating Rates and the Cloud Radiation Field....Pages 3-21
The Effect of Cloud Bimodal Drop Size Distributions upon the Radiative Characteristics of Clouds....Pages 23-42
The Solar Radiative Properties of Ice Clouds....Pages 43-65
The Effect of Cloud Geometry upon the Radiative Characteristics of Finite Clouds....Pages 67-80
The Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Cloud Microstructure Inhomogeneities upon the Radiative Characteristics of Cloud Layers....Pages 81-90
Back Matter....Pages 91-97
β¦ Subjects
Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorology; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection
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