Convective clouds over the bay of Bengal

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 780-798

  Zuidema, Paquita ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; RAIN; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIURNAL CYCLES;

CLOUDS;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0012585255     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0780:CCOTBO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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