2017年11月
Interpretation of Factors Controlling Low Cloud Cover and Low Cloud Feedback Using a Unified Predictive Index
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
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- 巻
- 30
- 号
- 22
- 開始ページ
- 9119
- 終了ページ
- 9131
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0825.1
- 出版者・発行元
- AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
This paper reports on a new index for low cloud cover (LCC), the estimated cloud-top entrainment index (ECTEI), which is a modification of estimated inversion strength (EIS) and takes into account a cloud-top entrainment (CTE) criterion. Shipboard cloud observation data confirm that the index is strongly correlated with LCC. It is argued here that changes in LCC cannot be fully determined from changes in EIS only, but can be better determined from changes in both EIS and sea surface temperature (SST) based on the ECTEI. Furthermore, it is argued that various proposed predictors of LCC change, including the moist static energy vertical gradient, SST, and midlevel clouds, can be better understood from the perspective of the ECTEI.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0825.1
- ISSN : 0894-8755
- eISSN : 1520-0442
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000416488200015