On the interaction between marine boundary layer cellular cloudiness and surface heat fluxes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-79

  Kazil, J ^a,b   Feingold, G ^b   Wang, H ^c   Yamaguchi, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE WATER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84891679228     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-61-2014     Document Type: Article

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