Toward an explanation of the annual cycle of cloudiness over the Arctic Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 395-415

  Beesley, J A ^a   Moritz, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC ICE; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033080364     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0395:TAEOTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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