The global population of mesoscale convective complexes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 538, 1997, Pages 389-405

  Laing, Arlene G ^a,b   Fritsch, J Michael ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Convective life cycles; Interannual variations; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

COLD CLOUD SHIELD; GLOBAL DATASET; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0031449308     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53806     Document Type: Article

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