Cloud frequency climatology at the Andes/Amazon transition: 2. Trends and variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Halladay, Kate ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   New, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

850-HPA; AMAZONIA; CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SETS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; DRY SEASONS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTH ATLANTIC; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SPATIAL DYNAMICS; SST ANOMALIES; STUDY AREAS; SUNSHINE DURATION; THREE ZONES; TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FOREST; ZONAL WIND;

TROPICS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EL NINO; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MODIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION; UPLAND REGION;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84870614647     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017789     Document Type: Article

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