Cloud radar observations of vertical drafts and microphysics in convective rain

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kollias, Pavlos ^a   Albrecht, B A ^a   Marks Jr , F D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DRAFT; RADAR;

CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL;

EID: 0346008079     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd002033     Document Type: Article

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