An analysis of statistical characteristics of stratus and stratocumulus over eastern Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Zhou, Mingyu ^a,b   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Brunke, Michael ^a   Zhang, Zhanhai ^c   Fairall, Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Key Laboratory of Research on Marine Hazards Forecasting   (China)

^c POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; MOISTURE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD THICKNESS; LIQUID WATER PATH;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; STRATOCUMULUS; STRATUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 33644763281     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024796     Document Type: Article

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