Role of low clouds in summertime atmosphere-ocean interactions over the North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2482-2490

  Norris, Joel R ^a,b   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean coupling; Cloud cover; Marine atmosphere; Pacific ocean (North); Stratiform cloud; Summer

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

MARINE STRATIFORM CLOUDINESS (MSC); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLOUD COVER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STRATIFORM CLOUD; SUMMER;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032194342     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2482:ROLCIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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