Observations of the structure of heavily precipitating marine stratocumulus

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4327-4342

  vanZanten, M C ^a,b,c   Stevens, Bjorn ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

POCKET OF OPEN CELLS; STRATOCUMULUS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DRIZZLE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 31144451098     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3611.1     Document Type: Article

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