DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067081
论文题名: The northward March of summer low cloudiness along the California coast
作者: Clemesha R.E.S. ; Gershunov A. ; Iacobellis S.F. ; Williams A.P. ; Cayan D.R.
刊名: Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN: 0094-9409
EISSN: 1944-9140
出版年: 2016
卷: 43, 期: 3 起始页码: 1287
结束页码: 1295
语种: 英语
英文关键词: coastal California
; coastal climate
; coastal fog
; low cloud
; seasonal cycle
; summer
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric temperature
; Clouds
; Surface waters
; Troposphere
; California
; Coastal climate
; Coastal fogs
; Seasonal cycle
; Summer
; Oceanography
; cloud cover
; coastal zone
; fog
; potential temperature
; sea surface temperature
; seasonal variation
; summer
; troposphere
; California
; Mexico [North America]
; United States
英文摘要: A new satellite-derived low cloud retrieval reveals rich spatial texture and coherent space-time propagation in summertime California coastal low cloudiness (CLC). Throughout the region, CLC is greatest during May-September but has considerable monthly variability within this summer season. On average, June is cloudiest along the coast of southern California and northern Baja, Mexico, while July is cloudiest along northern California's coast. Over the course of the summer, the core of peak CLC migrates northward along coastal California, reaching its northernmost extent in late July/early August, then recedes while weakening. The timing and movement of the CLC climatological structure is related to the summer evolution of lower tropospheric stability and both its component parts, sea surface temperature and potential temperature at 700 hPa. The roughly coincident seasonal timing of peak CLC with peak summertime temperatures translates into the strongest heat-modulating capacity of CLC along California's north coast. © 2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84976248265&doi=10.1002%2f2015GL067081&partnerID=40&md5=72f4f7193b3bd654c2d45516a642770e
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/10372
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作者单位: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Clemesha R.E.S.,Gershunov A.,Iacobellis S.F.,et al. The northward March of summer low cloudiness along the California coast[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2016-01-01,43(3).