Cirrus clouds and the large-scale atmospheric state: Relationships revealed by six years of ground based data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3257-3278

  Mace, Gerald G ^a   Benson, Sally ^a   Vernon, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT (ARM); CIRRUS CLOUDS; SEASONAL OSCILLATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746798047     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3786.1     Document Type: Article

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