Statistical study on cloud top heights of cumulonimbi thermodynamically estimated from objective analysis data during the Baiu season

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-557

  Kato, Teruyuki ^a   Hayashi, Syugo ^a   Yoshizaki, Masanori ^a,b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BUOYANCY; CLOUD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 38049003137     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85.529     Document Type: Article

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