An ensemble of convective systems on 11 February 1993 during TOGA COARE: Morphology, rainfall characteristics, and anvil cloud interactions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 6 II, 1999, Pages 1208-1228

  Halverson, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Ferrier, Brad S ^a,b   Rickenbach, Thomas M ^a,b   Simpson, Joanne ^a   Tao, Wei Kuo ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RAINFALL; TOGA-COARE; WARM POOL;

EID: 0032716884     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1208:aeocso>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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