Dynamic feedbacks of troposphere aerosols on marine low cloud during boreal spring

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Kim, Maeng Ki ^a   Lee, Woo Seop ^a  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MOISTURE; RADIATION; STABILITY;

ADIABATIC WARMING; BOREAL SPRING; RADIATIVE EFFECT; SURFACE EVAPORATION;

TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CONVERGENCE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOISTURE CONTENT; NSCAT; SEA SURFACE; SPRING (SEASON); SURFACE WIND; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845657758     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026351     Document Type: Article

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