A cloud climatology of the Southern Great Plains ARM CART

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1762-1775

  Lazarus, Steven M ^a   Krueger, Steven K ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

MICROPULSE LIDAR (MPL);

CLOUDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD; DATA SET;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033939150     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1762:ACCOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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