Definition of "banner clouds" based on time lapse movies

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2047-2055

  Schween, J H ^a   Kuettner, J ^b   Reinert, D ^c   Reuder, J ^d   Wirth, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLOUD; CONDENSATION; MOUNTAIN; WATER VAPOR;

ALPS; BAVARIA; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WETTERSTEIN MOUNTAINS; ZUGSPITZE;

EID: 34247496234     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-2047-2007     Document Type: Article

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