Articles | Volume 11, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-7155-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-7155-2011
Research article
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21 Jul 2011
Research article |  | 21 Jul 2011

Relationship between cloud radiative forcing, cloud fraction and cloud albedo, and new surface-based approach for determining cloud albedo

Y. Liu, W. Wu, M. P. Jensen, and T. Toto

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Subject: Clouds and Precipitation | Research Activity: Remote Sensing | Altitude Range: Troposphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
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