Seasonal and interannual variations in stratiform and convective clouds over the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans from ship observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2922-2941

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Parametric Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; WIND;

OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; WIND DIVERGENCE;

CLOUDS;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEASONALITY; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032215679     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2922:SAIVIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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