Test of the fixed anvil temperature hypothesis

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2317-2328

  Li, Yue ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   North, Gerald R ^a   Dessler, Andrew ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Cirrus clouds; Climate change; Convective clouds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; BOREAL WINTERS; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; COOLING RATES; DIABATIC; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; REANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOOLS; TROPICS; VAPORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CIRRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MODIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84864838504     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0158.1     Document Type: Article

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