Understanding sudden changes in cloud amount: The Southern Annular Mode and South American weather fluctuations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Laken, Benjamin A ^a,b   Pallé, Enric ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD COVER; DATA SETS; FRONTAL CLOUDS; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE ANOMALY; REANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SUDDEN CHANGE; TIME LAG; TIME-SCALES;

CLOUD COVER; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIMESCALE; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84864037495     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017626     Document Type: Article

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