A line of convection embedded in a stratocumulus-topped boundary layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 537, 1997, Pages 207-221

  Boers, R ^a   Jensen, J B ^a   Krummel, P B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Cloud microphysics; Precipitation; Stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0030782142     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53708     Document Type: Article

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