Indian Ocean low clouds during the winter monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2028-2043

  Bony, Sandrine ^a   Collins, William D ^b   Fillmore, David W ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CUMULUS CLOUD; INDIAN OCEAN; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUD; WINTER MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD COVER; MONSOON; WINTER;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034209861     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2028:IOLCDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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