Observations of mixed-phase precipitation within a CaPE thunderstorm

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-155

  Smith, Paul L ^a   Musil, Dennis J ^a   Detwiler, Andrew G ^a   Ramachandran, Rahul ^a,b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINDROP; THUNDERSTORM; RADAR;

EID: 0032599827     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0145:OOMPPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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