Are there real interdecadal variations in marine low clouds?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2910-2921

  Bajuk, Louis J ^a   Leovy, Conway B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; SHIPS;

MARINE LOW CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032214458     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2910:ATRIVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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