Cloud climatology at the Southern Great Plains and the layer structure, drizzle, and atmospheric modes of continental stratus

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Kollias, Pavlos ^a,b   Tselioudis, George ^c   Albrecht, Bruce A ^d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CORRELATION; DRIZZLE; FRONTAL FEATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATUS;

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

EID: 34347347294     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007307     Document Type: Article

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