Humidity variations across the edge of trade wind cumuli: Observations and dynamical implications

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 144-156

  Wang, Yonggang ^a   Geerts, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DATA; CLEAR AIR; CUMULUS CLOUD; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; FAST RESPONSE; GRADUAL CHANGES; HUMIDITY PROBES; PENETRATION DEPTH; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TRADE-WIND CUMULUS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; MOISTURE;

WATER VAPOR;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; AMBIENT AIR; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COOLING; CUMULUS; EVAPORATION; MIXING RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRADE WIND; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77953811291     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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