A tendency of cloud ratio associated with the development of tropical water and ice clouds

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 419-434

  Sui, Chung Hsiung ^a   Li, Xiaofan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Stratiform convective cloud ratio

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; ICE;

EID: 21844458181     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2005.16.2.419(A)     Document Type: Article

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