Observations of the variability of shallow trade wind cumulus cloudiness and mass flux

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6161-6178

  Lamer, K ^a   Kollias, P ^a   Nuijens, L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CUMULUS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MASS TRANSFER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TRADE WIND; UPDRAFT;

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EID: 84946586504     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022950     Document Type: Article

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