The Barbados cloud observatory: Anchoring investigations of clouds and circulation on the edge of the itcz

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 735-754

  Stevens, Bjorn ^a   Farrell, David ^b   Hirsch, Lutz ^a   Jansen, Friedhelm ^a   Nuijens, Louise ^a   Serikov, Ilya ^a   Brügmann, Björn ^a   Forde, Marvin ^b   Linne, Holger ^a   Lonitz, Katrin ^c   Prospero, Joseph M ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Husbands   (Barbados)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEASONAL MIGRATION; WET SEASON; WINTER MONTHS;

OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 84973503081     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00247.1     Document Type: Article

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