The distribution and variability of low‐level cloud in the North Atlantic trades

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Nuijens, L., Serikov, I., Hirsch, L., Lonitz, K., Stevens, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2307; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fqj.2307; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.2307

In the North Atlantic trades, variations in the distribution of low‐level cloud are rich. Using two years of observations from a remote‐sensing site located on the east coast of Barbados, the vertical distribution of cloud and its contribution to low‐level cloud amount are explored. The vertical dis...