Evidence from tropical raindrop spectra of the origin of rain from stratiform versus convective clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-371

  Tokay, Ali ^a   Short, David A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; RAIN; STRATIFORM CLOUD RAIN; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TROPICAL RAINDROP SPECTRA;

EID: 0030471053     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0355:EFTRSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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