Impact of dynamics and atmospheric state on cloud vertical overlap

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1758-1770

  Naud, Catherine M ^a   Del Genio, Anthony ^b   Mace, Gerald G ^c   Benson, Sally ^c   Clothiaux, Eugene E ^d   Kollias, Pavlos ^e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RANDOM PROCESSES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC STATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCMS); GROUND-BASED RADARS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LIDAR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RADIATIVE FORCING; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 44449131344     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1828.1     Document Type: Article

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