The three-dimensional distribution of clouds over the Southern Hemisphere high latitudes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 5799-5811

  Verlinden, Kathryn L ^a   Thompson, David W J ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Clouds; Satellite observations; Seasonal cycle; Southern Hemisphere; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRAL SPRING; CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUDSAT; HIGH LATITUDES; KEY FEATURE; MODELING STUDIES; MONOTONIC DECREASE; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STATIC STABILITY; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERICS; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLOUDS;

CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; LATITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOPAUSE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 83755183435     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3922.1     Document Type: Article

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