Propagation and diurnal evolution of warm season cloudiness in the Australian and maritime continent region

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 973-994

  Keenan, T D ^a   Carbone, R E ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DIURNAL HEATING CYCLE; MARITIME CONTINENT REGION; WARM SEASON CLOUDINESS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; JAVA SEA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 44449176545     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2152.1     Document Type: Article

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