Sea fog off the California coast: Viewed in the context of transient weather systems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Lewis, J ^a   Koracin, D ^a   Rabin, R ^b   Businger, J ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Sea fog; Synoptic weather

Indexed keywords

FOG; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

CALIFORNIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1342312425     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002833     Document Type: Article

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