Characteristics of tropical convection over the ocean near Kwajalein

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 834-853

  Cetrone, Jasmine ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR REFLECTION;

ECHO AREAS; ECHO DURATION; ECHO HEIGHT; ECHO LINE; KWAJALEIN; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIDTROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OCEAN; RADAR OBSERVATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

OCEANIC CONVECTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33646250216     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3075.1     Document Type: Article

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