The VAMOS ocean-cloud-atmosphere-land study regional experiment (VOCALS-REx): Goals, platforms, and field operations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 627-654

  Wood, R ^a   Mechoso, C R ^b   Bretherton, C S ^a   Weller, R A ^c   Huebert, B ^d   Straneo, F ^c   Albrecht, B A ^e   Coe, H ^f   Allen, G ^f   Vaughan, G ^f   Daum, P ^g   Fairall, C ^h   Chand, D ^a,x   Gallardo Klenner, L ⁱ   Garreaud, R ⁱ   Grados, C ^j   Covert, D S ^a   Bates, T S ^k   Krejci, R ^l   Russell, L M ^m   De Szoeke, S ⁿ   Brewer, A ^h   Yuter, S E ^o   Springston, S R ^g   Chaigneau, A ^q   Toniazzo, T ^p   Minnis, P ^r   Palikonda, R ^w   Abel, S J ^s   Brown, W O J ^t   Williams, S ^t   Fochesatto, J ^u   Brioude, J ^h,v   Bower, K N ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^j INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^k NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^q Institut de la Recherche pour le Development   (France)

^r NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^s MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^t NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^w SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^x PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOCUMULUS; UPWELLING;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 78951474997     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-627-2011     Document Type: Article

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