Observations of cloud, radiation, and surface forcing in the equatorial eastern Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 655-673

  Fairall, Chris W ^a   Uttal, Taneil ^a   Hazen, Duane ^a   Hare, Jeffrey ^a,b   Cronin, Meghan F ^a   Bond, Nicholas ^a,c   Veron, Dana E ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 40849120610     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1757.1     Document Type: Article

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