Variability of cloud vertical structure during ASTEX observed from a combination of rawinsonde, radar, ceilometer, and satellite

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2484-2502

  Wang, Junhong ^a,e   Rossow, William B ^b   Uttal, Taneil ^c   Rozendaal, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; STRATOCUMULUS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033372169     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2484:VOCVSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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