Diurnal variations in tropical oceanic cumulus convection during TOGA COARE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 639-655

  Sui, C H ^a   Lau, K M ^a   Takayabu, Y N ^b   Short, D A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUDS; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; RAINFALL; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TOGA-COARE;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030841526     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0639:DVITOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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