Clouds at Arctic atmospheric observatories. Part I: Occurrence and macrophysical properties

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 626-644

  Shupe, Matthew D ^a,b   Walden, Von P ^c   Eloranta, Edwin ^d   Uttal, Taneil ^b   Campbell, James R ^e   Starkweather, Sandra M ^f   Shiobara, Masataka ^g  

^a Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science ^*  (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Polar Field Services   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARCTIC; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD LIDAR; CLOUD OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD SYSTEMS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; SOLAR NOON; SPECIFIC SITES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTIMIZATION;

BUILDINGS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79955002038     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2467.1     Document Type: Article

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