Behavior of cloud base height from ceilometer measurements

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-76

  Costa Suros M ^a   Calbo J ^a   Gonzalez J A ^a   Martin Vide, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloud base height; Cloud climatology; Cloud cover; Cloud occurrence; Cloud vertical structure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SITUATIONS; CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD VERTICAL STRUCTURE; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; IMPROVEMENT OF METHODS; INSTRUMENTAL METHODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84875588969     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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