On the relationship between low cloud variability and lower tropospheric stability in the Southeast Pacific

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 9053-9065

  Sun, F ^a   Hall, A ^a   Qu, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 80052512541     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9053-2011     Document Type: Article

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