A study of the probability of clear line of sight through single-layer cumulus cloud fields in the tropical western pacific

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3497-3512

  Taylor, Patrick C ^a   Ellingson, Robert G ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; PROBABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPICS;

CLOUD EFFECTS; CLOUD FIELDS; CUMULUS CLOUDS; EFFECTIVE CLOUD FRACTIONS; LINE OF SIGHTS; LONGWAVE RADIATIONS; SINGLE LAYERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; STATISTICAL SUMMARIES; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

CUMULUS; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 58049129269     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2620.1     Document Type: Article

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