Long-term behavior of cloud systems in TOGA COARE and their interactions with radiative and surface processes. Part I: Two-dimensional modeling study

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2693-2714

  Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Grabowski, Wojciech W ^a   Moncreff, Mitchell W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 0032455283     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2693:LTBOCS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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