Cloud classes and radiative heating profiles at the Manus and Nauru atmospheric radiation measurement (ARM) sites

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Mather, James H ^a   McFarlane, Sally A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RADIANT HEATING; RADIOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLIMATE RESEARCH; CLOUD TYPES; DEEP CONVECTION; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; DYNAMICAL REGIME; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RADIATIVE HEATING; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPORAL SCALE; THIN CIRRUS; TRANSITION ZONES; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; HEATING; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSITION ZONE; WARM POOL;

MANUS; MELANESIA; MICRONESIA; NAURU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 72049092702     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009jd011703     Document Type: Article

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