The fine-scale structure of the trade wind cumuli over Barbados – An introduction to the CARRIBA project

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10061-10077

  Siebert, H ^a,b   Beals, M ^h   Bethke, J ^a   Bierwirth, E ^c   Conrath, T ^a   Dieckmann, K ^a   Ditas, F ^a   Ehrlich, A ^c   Farrell, D ^d   Hartmann, S ^a   Izaguirre, M A ^e   Katzwinkel, J ^a   Nuijens, L ^b   Roberts, G ^f,g   Schafer M ^c   Shaw, R A ^h   Schmeissner, T ^a   Serikov, I ^b   Stevens, B ^b   Stratmann, F ^a   Wehner, B ^a   Wendisch, M ^c   Werner, F ^c   Wex, H ^a   more..

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Husbands   (Barbados)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TRADE WIND; TURBULENCE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84885655357     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10061-2013     Document Type: Article

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