Doppier radar observations on the structure and characteristics of tropical clouds during the TOGA-COARE IOP in Manus, Papua New Guinea - Characteristics of cloud clusters analyzed with Doppler radar and GMS IR data

Journal of the Hokkaido University, Faculty of Science, Series VII: Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-133

  Kikuchi, Osamu ^a,b   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Air System   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE STRATIFORM; DOPPLER RADAR; GMSIR DATA; RAINFALL ESTIMATION; TOGA COARE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MANUS ISLANDS;

EID: 0030476086     PISSN: 0441067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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