Satellite and radar survey of mesoscale convective system development

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2428-2449

  Jirak, Israel L ^a   Cotton, William R ^a   McAnelly, Ray L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER SATELLITES;

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS (MCS);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE MOTION; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0242415335     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2428:SARSOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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