Marine boundary layer cloud observations in the Azores

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7381-7398

  Rémillard, Jasmine ^a   Kollias, Pavlos ^a   Luke, Edward ^b   Wood, Robert ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cloud cover; Clouds; Radars Radar observations; Stratiform clouds

Indexed keywords

AIR MOTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD TYPES; CUMULUS CLOUD; DATA SETS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HIGH FREQUENCY; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MOBILE FACILITY; SINGLE LAYER; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS; TRANSITION LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; INVERSION LAYERS; RADIOMETRY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANTICYCLONE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CUMULUS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STRATIFORM CLOUD; STRATOCUMULUS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPDRAFT;

AZORES; GRACIOSA [AZORES]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84870051148     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00610.1     Document Type: Article

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