The tropical convective spectrum. Part I: Archetypal vertical structures

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2744-2769

  Boccippio, Dennis J ^a   Petersen, Walter A ^b   Cecil, Daniel J ^b  

^a NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; TROPICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVECTION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 16444383182     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3335.1     Document Type: Article

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