Diurnal march of the convection observed during TRMM-WETAMC/LBA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages LBA-31-1-LBA-31-15

  Machado, Luiz A T ^a   Laurent, Henri ^a,b,c   Lima, Alexandra A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AERONÁUTICA E ESPAÇO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c IRD ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

3314 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Convective processes; 3329 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Mesoscale meteorology; 3360 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Remote sensing; 3374 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; RADIOSONDES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BUOYANCY; CLOUD; GEOPHYSICS; GOES; RADIOSONDE; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448933508     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000338     Document Type: Article

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