Gravity-wave-induced perturbations in marine stratocumulus

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 670, 2013, Pages 32-45

  Allen, G ^a   Vaughan, G ^a   Toniazzo, T ^b   Coe, H ^a   Connolly, P ^a   Yuter, S E ^c   Burleyson, C D ^c   Minnis, P ^d   Ayers, J K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Gravity waves; Pockets of open cells; Scale interactions; Stratocumulus; VOCALS

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; POCKETS OF OPEN CELLS; SCALE INTERACTIONS; STRATOCUMULUS; VOCALS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GRAVITY WAVES;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PERTURBATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOCUMULUS; WAVELENGTH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84873323571     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1952     Document Type: Article

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