Structure and evolution of deeply developed convective cells in a long-lived cumulonimbus cloud under a weak vertical wind-shear condition

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-371

  Shusse, Yukari ^a,b   Tsuboki, Kazuhisa ^a   Geng, Biao ^a,c   Minda, Haruya ^a   Takeda, Takao ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS;

EID: 24144452838     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.351     Document Type: Article

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