The continued reduction in dense fog in the southern California region: Possible causes

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 1157-1163

  LaDochy, S ^a   Witiw, M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal fog; Fog climatology; Fog trends; PDO

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT STATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DENSE FOG; FOG EVENTS; LONG BEACH; LOS ANGELES; LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONALS; LOW VISIBILITY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICULATE LEVELS; PDO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; UPWARD TREND; URBAN EFFECT; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN WARMING; VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; VISIBILITY;

FOG;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FOG; HEAT ISLAND; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861142626     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0366-3     Document Type: Article

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