Southeast Pacific stratocumulus clouds, precipitation and boundary layer structure sampled along 20° S during VOCALS-REx

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10639-10654

  Bretherton, C S ^a   Wood, R ^a   George, R C ^a   Leon, D ^b   Allen, G ^c   Zheng, X ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATOCUMULUS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 78349288900     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10639-2010     Document Type: Article

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