Stratocumulus cloud thickening beneath layers of absorbing smoke aerosol
Marine stratocumulus cloud properties, and the free-tropospheric environment above them, are examined in NASA A-Train satellite data for cases where smoke from seasonal burning of the West African savannah overlay the persistent southeast Atlantic stratocumulus cloud deck. CALIPSO space-borne lidar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
| Online Access: | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/11769/2010/acp-10-11769-2010.pdf |