Relationships between total water, condensed water, and cloud fraction in stratiform clouds examined using aircraft data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1888-1905

  Wood, Robert ^a   Field, Paul R ^a,b  

^a Meteorological Research Flight   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; VAPORS; WATER;

AIRCRAFT DATA; CLOUD FRACTION; CONDENSED WATER; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; TOTAL WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; STRATIFORM CLOUD; WATER;

EID: 0034209716     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1888:RBTWCW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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