Life cycle variations of mesoscale convective systems over the Americas

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1630-1654

  Machado, L A T ^a   Rossow, W B ^b   Guedes, R L ^a   Walker, A W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE AERONÁUTICA E ESPAÇO   (Brazil)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; MESOSCALE EDDY;

EID: 0032418429     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1630:LCVOMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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