Synoptic variability of low-cloud properties and meteorological parameters in the subtropical trade wind boundary layer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2018-2039

  Klein, Stephen A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

LOW CLOUDS; WIND BOUNDARY LEVEL;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LOW CLOUD; TRADE WINDS;

EID: 0031200817     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2018:SVOLCP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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