Turbulence and radiation in stratocumulus-topped marine boundary layers: A case study from VOCALS-REx

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-135

  Ghate, Virendra P ^a   Albrecht, Bruce A ^b   Miller, Mark A ^a   Brewer, Alan ^c   Fairall, Christopher W ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE VELOCITY; DOPPLER LIDARS; MONSOON SYSTEM; RADIATIVE COOLING; RADIATIVE FLUXES; STRATOCUMULUS-TOPPED MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COOLING; DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER RADAR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84892712977     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0225.1     Document Type: Article

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