Combined wind profiler/polarimetric radar studies of the vertical motion and microphysical characteristics of tropical sea-breeze thunderstorms

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2228-2239

  May, Peter T ^a   Jameson, A R ^a   Keenan, Thomas D ^a   Johnston, Paul E ^a   Lucas, Chris ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; POLARIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROFILOMETRY; RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS; WIND;

STORM CENTERS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; RADAR; SEA BREEZE; THUNDERSTORM; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

AUSTRALIA; TIWI ISLANDS;

EID: 0036734575     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2228:CWPPRS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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