A case study of satellite synthetic aperture radar signatures of spatially evolving atmospheric convection over the western Atlantic Ocean

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 527-546

  Babin, Steven M ^a   Sikora, Todd D ^b   Winstead, Nathaniel S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer rolls; Cold air outbreak; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; HEAT CONVECTION; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD AIR; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0347298538     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021236600569     Document Type: Article

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