North Pacific cloud feedbacks inferred from synoptic-scale dynamic and thermodynamic relationships

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4862-4878

  Norris, Joel R ^a   Iacobellis, Sam F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DAILY SATELLITE CLOUD OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL (GCM); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD COVER; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 30144434489     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3558.1     Document Type: Article

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