Radar-derived estimates of latent heating in the subtropics

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 726-742

  Cartwright, Tina J ^a   Ray, Peter S ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; INSTRUMENTATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RADAR IMAGERY; WARMING;

EID: 0032741151     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<0726:RDEOLH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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