Impact of island-induced clouds on surface measurements: Analysis of the ARM Nauru island effect study data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1045-1065

  McFarlane, Sally A ^a   Long, Charles N ^a   Flynn, Donna M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT; CLOUD PLUME; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLOUDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; SOLAR RADIATION;

MICRONESIA; NAURU; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 24644502355     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2241.1     Document Type: Article

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