A survey of temperature measurements in convective clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1133-1145

  Sinkevich, Andrey A ^a   Lawson, R Paul ^b  

^a VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^b SPEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETERS; THUNDERSTORMS;

CUMULUS CLOUDS; RADIOMETRIC THERMOMETERS;

CLOUDS;

AERIAL SURVEY; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; ERROR ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 24644467864     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2247.1     Document Type: Review

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