Lightning frequency and microphysical properties of precipitating clouds over the western North Pacific during winter as derived from TRMM multisensor observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2226-2241

  Kodama, Yasu Masa ^a   Okabe, Haruna ^a   Tomisaka, Yukie ^a   Kotono, Katsuya ^a,b   Kondo, Yoshimi ^a,c   Kasuya, Hideyuki ^a,d  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sanno Grand Bldg   (Japan)

^c Iwai High School   (Japan)

^d FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING SENSOR; MICROPHYSICAL COMDITIONS; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT CONVECTION; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; FRONTOGENESIS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LIGHTNING; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; POLARIZATION; REFLECTIVITY; SENSOR; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34447319890     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3388.1     Document Type: Article

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