Boundary layer and cloud structure controls on tropical low cloud cover using A-Train satellite data and ECMWF analyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 194-215

  Kubar, Terence L ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^a   Li, J L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cloud cover; Convective clouds; Inversions; Satellite observations; Tropics

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; CALIFORNIA; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DATA; CLOUD STRUCTURE; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CROSS SECTION; DATA SETS; DEEP CONVECTION; INVERSIONS; LAYER STABILITY; LOW CLOUD COVER; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MIDDLE POINTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MOTION PROFILE; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; RADAR PRODUCTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STATIC STABILITY; STRONG SIGNAL; SURFACE CLUTTER; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL INVERSION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA HANDLING; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR IMAGING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 79251578013     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3702.1     Document Type: Article

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