Vertical mass flux calculations in Hawaiian trade cumulus clouds from dual-Doppler radar

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1870-1886

  Grinnell, Scott A ^a   Bretherton, Christopher S ^a   Stevens, David E ^b   Fraser, Alistair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; DOPPLER RADAR; HAWAIIAN RAINBAND PROJECT; MASS FLUX; TRADE WIND;

USA, HAWAII, HAWAII;

EID: 0030431240     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1870:VMFCIH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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