GOES climatology and analysis of thunderstorms with enhanced 3.9-μm reflectivity

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2342-2353

  Lindsey, Daniel T ^a,b   Hillger, Donald W ^a   Grasso, Louie ^b   Knaff, John A ^b   Dostalek, John F ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD-TOP MICROPHYSICAL STRUCTURE; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE (GOES); UPDRAFT STRENGTH;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GOES; NOWCASTING; REFLECTIVITY; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 33748988483     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3211.1     Document Type: Article

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