Recent changes in cloud-type frequency and inferred increases in convection over the United States and the former USSR

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1864-1880

  Sun, B ^a   Groisman, P Y ^a   Mokhov, I I ^a  

^a UCAR Proj Sc Nat'l Cli Data Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FREQUENCIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035870117     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1864:RCICTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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