Scale interactions involved in the initiation, structure, and evolution of the 15 December 1992 MCS observed during TOGA COARE. Part II: Mesoscale and convective-scale processes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1779-1808

  Protat, A ^a   Lemaitre Y ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 0035419758     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<1779:SIIITI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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