Passive microwave observations of the stratiform regions of two tropical oceanic mesoscale convective systems

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1949-1962

  Mcgaughey, Gary ^a   Zipser, Edward J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPR; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; CONVECTION; MICROWAVE SENSING; OCEAN SYSTEM; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PASSIVE MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; STRATIFORM REGION; TOGA COARE;

EID: 0030434342     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1949:PMOOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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