Radiative heating of the ISCCP upper level cloud regimes and its impact on the large-scale tropical circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 592-604

  Li, Wei ^a   Schumacher, Courtney ^b   Mcfarlane, Sally A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIANT HEATING; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; STORMS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

HEAT RADIATION;

CIRRUS; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; HEATING; LIDAR; RADAR; TRMM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; MANUS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84884237543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50114     Document Type: Article

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