Defining Mesoscale Convective Systems by Their 85-GHz Ice-Scattering Signatures

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1179-1189

  Mohr, Karen I ^a   Zipser, Edward J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

85-GHZ SIGNATURE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ICE SCATTERING; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE CLASS; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030424650     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1179:DMCSBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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