Global circuit model with clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1143-1156

  Zhou, Limin ^a,b,c   Tinsley, Brian A ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Normal University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DATA; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD HEIGHTS; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CLOUD TYPES; COLUMNAR RESISTANCES; CONCENTRATION OF; EARTH RETURNS; FRACTIONAL CLOUD COVER; GLOBAL CIRCUIT; GRID ELEMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; ION-PAIR CONCENTRATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TOTAL RESISTANCE; UPPER LIMITS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

CIRCUIT THEORY; CLIMATOLOGY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE RESISTANCE; VOLCANOES;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DROPLET; DATABASE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 77953346878     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3208.1     Document Type: Article

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