Doppler radar observations of mesoscale wind divergence in regions of tropical convection

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1808-1824

  Mapes, Brian E ^a   Lin, Jialin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WIND;

MEAN DOPPLER RADIAL VELOCITY; TROPICAL CONVECTION; WIND DIVERGENCE;

DOPPLER RADAR;

DOPPLER RADAR; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 10944222460     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2941.1     Document Type: Article

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