Observed evolution of tropical deep convective events and their environment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1777-1795

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a,b   Wahrlich, Ralph ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; SQUALL LINE;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SQUALL LINE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032750661     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1777:OEOTDC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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