A comparison of tropical mesoscale convective systems in El Nino and La Nina

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3314-3326

  Zolman, J L ^a   Zipser, E J ^a   Mohr, K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; RAIN; TROPICS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EL NINO; LA NINA; TROPICAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EL NINO; LA NINA; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

(CENTRAL); (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034272420     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3314:ACOTMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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