The diurnal cycle in circulation and cloudiness over the subtropical southeast Pacific: A modeling study

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1699-1710

  Garreaud, René D ^a   Munoz, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

DIURNAL CYCLES; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER (MBL); SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOCUMULUS;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2342461019     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1699:TDCICA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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