22-Year survey of tropical convection penetrating into the lower stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Rossow, William B ^a   Pearl, Cindy ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HURRICANES; STORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL REGION; TYPHOON;

EID: 34547195433     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028635     Document Type: Article

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