On the global variation of precipitating layer clouds

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-70

  Ryan, B F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SYSTEM PARAMETER; CLOUD SYSTEM STUDY; GEWEX; GLOBAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATING LAYER CLOUD; RAIN CLOUD PHENOMENA;

EID: 0029774488     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0053:OTGVOP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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