Liquid water path variability in unbroken marine stratocumulus cloud

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 578, 2001, Pages 2635-2662

  Wood, Robert ^a,b   Taylor, Jonathan P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

LIQUID WATER PATH VARIABILITIES;

CLOUDS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CLOUD WATER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0035492125     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712757807     Document Type: Article

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