Aircraft observations of cold pools under marine stratocumulus

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9899-9914

  Terai, C R ^a   Wood, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COLD POOL; CONVERGENCE; HUMIDITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STRATOCUMULUS; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84885358480     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9899-2013     Document Type: Article

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