Relationship between low stratiform cloud amount and estimated inversion strength in the lower troposphere over the global ocean in terms of cloud types

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-120

  Koshiro, Tsuyoshi ^a   Shiotani, Masato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air sea temperature difference; Inversion strength; Low stratiform cloud; Sea surface temperature; Temperature advection

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; FOG; GLOBAL OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFORM CLOUD; STRATOCUMULUS; STRATUS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84896341067     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2014-107     Document Type: Article

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