Heating distribution by cloud systems derived from doppler radar observation in TOGA-COARE

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1407-1434

  Ushiyama, Tomoki ^a   Kawashima, Masayuki ^b   Fujiyoshi, Yasushi ^b  

^a Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DOPPLER RADAR; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RADAR IMAGERY; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

MANUS; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 1842634351     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.1407     Document Type: Article

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