Deep convective cloud-top heights and their thermodynamic control during CRYSTAL-FACE

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^b   McGill, Matthew ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Tropical meteorology; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTION; ICE CRYSTAL; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 11844291292     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004811     Document Type: Article

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