Satellite and surface observations of Nauru Island clouds: Differences between El Nino and la Nina periods

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Porch, William M ^a   Olsen, Seth C ^a   Chylek, Petr ^a   Dubey, Manvendra K ^a   Henderson, Bradley G ^a   Clodius, William ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN); EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); ISLAND CLOUD TRAILS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HEAT CONVECTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WATER WAVES;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD COVER; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ISLAND; LA NINA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MICRONESIA; NAURU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845640436     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026339     Document Type: Article

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