Charcaterization of the cloud-topped boundary layer at the synoptic scale using AVHRR observations during the SEMAPHORE experiment

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1720-1730

  Mathieu, Anne ^a   Seze G ^a   Lahellec, A ^a   Guerin, C ^a   Weill, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; MAPS;

DATA SETS;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

AVHRR; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; STRATOCUMULUS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 16544367589     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1720:COTCBL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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