Insights into Cloud-top height and Dynamics from the Seasonal cycle of cloud-top heights observed by MISR in the west Pacific region

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 248-261

  Chae, Jung Hyo ^a,b   Sherwood, Steven C ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD HEIGHTS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMPLE MODEL; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; RADIOMETER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77953243076     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3099.1     Document Type: Article

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