Abstract: A previous analysis (Fiocco et al., 1975) of the energetic equilibrium of small particles in the earth's upper atmosphere is extended to the 0?60 km region. The analysis is based on establishing a balance among the energy ...

Abstract: Several analytical models of the radiative effects of aerosol layers on global climate provide the common result that the critical value (?c) of the ratio (?) of aerosol layer absorption to hemispheric backscattering is ...