Use of cloud radars and radiometers for tropical cyclone intensity estimation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Wong, Valerie ^a   Emanuel, Kerry ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS;

CLOUD TOP HEIGHT; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY;

STORMS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 38349152726     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029960     Document Type: Article

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