Ship-based liquid water path estimates in marine stratocumulus

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Zuidema, Paquita ^a   Westwater, Edgeworth R ^b   Fairall, Chris ^b   Hazen, Duane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ESTIMATION METHOD; STRATOCUMULUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 28844509373     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005833     Document Type: Article

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