Melting layer cloud observed during R/V Mirai cruise MR01-K05

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3020-3032

  Yasunaga, Kazuaki ^a   Yoneyama, Kunio ^a   Kubota, Hisayuki ^a   Okamoto, Hajime ^b   Shimizu, Atsushi ^c   Kumagai, Hiroshi ^d   Katsumata, Masaki ^a   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^c   Matsui, Ichiro ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; MELTING; OPTICAL RADAR;

CLOUD LAYERS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; MELTING; OPTICAL RADAR;

DATA SET; DOPPLER RADAR; LIDAR; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MELTING; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESEARCH VESSEL; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33845269112     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3779.1     Document Type: Article

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