Classification and characterization of tropical precipitation based on high-resolution airborne vertical incidence radar. Part II: Composite vertical structure of Hurricanes versus storms over Florida and the Amazon

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1567-1585

  Geerts, Bart ^a   Dawei, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; HURRICANES; ICE; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AIR CURRENTS; CONVECTION-GENERATED SYSTEMS; VELOCITY SPECTRUM; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; HURRICANE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; TROPICAL REGION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 11344287453     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2159.1     Document Type: Article

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