Rain in shallow and deep convection measured with a polarimetric radar

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2989-2995

  Ryzhkov, Alexander V ^a   Zrnić, Dusan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP CONVECTION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; POLARIMETRIC RADAR; RAINFALL; SQUALL LINE; STORM STRUCTURE;

USA, OKLAHOMA;

EID: 0030390129     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2989:RISADC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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