Satellite and radar analysis of the volcanic-cumulonimbi at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, 1991

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Tupper, Andrew ^a,b   Oswalt, James Scott ^c   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^d  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Hebrew University of Jerusalem ^*  (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CUMULONIMBUS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; CENTRAL LUZON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD; ZAMBALES;

EID: 21544463134     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005499     Document Type: Article

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