Factors controlling low-cloud evolution over the eastern subtropical oceans: A Lagrangian perspective using the A-train satellites

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 331-351

  Eastman, Ryan ^a   Wood, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DROPS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SATELLITES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRAJECTORIES;

BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DROPLET CONCENTRATION; LAGRANGIAN TECHNIQUES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AMSR-E; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DROPLET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 84957659714     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0193.1     Document Type: Article

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