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Cloud Shortwave Effects

Cloud Shortwave Effects is a radiative transfer phenomenon that describes the modification of incoming solar radiation by clouds through scattering, absorption, and reflection processes, thereby altering the amount and distribution of shortwave energy reaching the Earth's surface.

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Authors

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2017–2026

2

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Cloud Shortwave Radiative Forcing

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Publications

9

The Effects of Very Large Drops on Cloud Absorption. Part I: Parcel Models

W. J. Wiscombe, Ronald M. Welch, William D. Hall · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1984 · 129 citations · Full text

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A Possible Source of Waves in Noctilucent Clouds

C. O. Hines · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1968 · 76 citations

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Clouds, photolysis and regional tropospheric ozone budgets

Apostolos Voulgarakis, Oliver Wild, Nick Savage et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2009 · 53 citations · Full text

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Inhomogeneity effects on cloud shortwave absorption measurements: Two‐aircraft simulations

Alexander Marshak, Anthony B. Davis, W. J. Wiscombe et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1997 · 40 citations

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Cloud Effects on the Meridional Atmospheric Energy Budget Estimated from Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Data

Seiji Kato, Fred G. Rose, David A. Rutan et al. · Journal of Climate · 2008 · 35 citations · Full text

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Authors

30

  1. WJ
    W. J. Wiscombe

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    2 publications · 169 citations

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  2. TP
    Thomas P. Charlock

    Langley Research Center, United States

    2 publications · 57 citations

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  3. IT
    Ivy Tan

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  4. JA
    J. A. Pyle

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 53 citations

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  5. ZJ
    Zachary J. Lebo

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    1 publications · 23 citations

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Institutions

23

  1. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  2. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  3. Goddard Institute for Space Studies

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  4. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  5. University of Évora

    Evora, Portugal

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    40 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

    Boulder, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    159 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Climate

    2 publications · 57 citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    2 publications · 205 citations

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  3. Atmospheric Research

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Atmospheric chemistry and physics

    1 publications · 53 citations

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