Low cloud type over the ocean from surface observations. Part III: Relationship to vertical motion and the regional surface synoptic environment

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 245-256

  Norris, Joel R ^a,b   Klein, Stephen A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; FOG; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TROPICS; WIND;

ADVECTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD COVER; CUMULUS; FOG; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0034072364     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0245:LCTOTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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