The EPIC 2001 stratocumulus study

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 967-977

  Bretherton, Christopher S ^a   Uttal, Taneil ^b   Fairall, Christopher W ^b   Yuter, Sandra E ^a   Weller, Robert A ^c   Baumgardner, Darrel ^d   Comstock, Kimberly ^a   Wood, Robert ^a   Raga, Graciela B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL CYCLE; DRIZZLE; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUD;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 2342553182     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-7-967     Document Type: Article

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