Observed vertical structure of tropical oceanic clouds sorted in large-scale regimes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Su, Hui ^a   Jiang, Jonathan H ^a   Vane, Deborah G ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUD SIMULATIONS; CLOUD VERTICAL STRUCTURES; CLOUD WATERS; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; DOMINANT MODES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHYSICS-BASED; RE-ANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCALE PARAMETERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SHALLOW CLOUDS; STATIC STABILITIES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VELOCITIES;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; CLOUD WATER; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 61349178940     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035888     Document Type: Article

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