The variability of California summertime marine stratus: Impacts on surface air temperatures

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9105-9122

  Iacobellis, Sam F ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885158779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50652     Document Type: Article

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