Marine low-cloud anomalies associated with ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3448-3469

  Park, Sungsu ^a   Leovy, Conway B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FREQUENCIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD ANOMALIES; MARINE CLOUDS; RADIATIVE FORCING;

CLOUDS;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD COVER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4444258240     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3448:MLAAWE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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