Rain in shallow cumulus over the ocean: The RICO campaign

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1912-1928

  Rauber, Robert M ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^b   Ochs III, Harry T ^a   Knight, Charles ^c   Albrecht, B A ^d   Blythe, A M ^e   Fairall, C W ^f   Jensen, J B ^c   Lasher Trapp, S G ^g   Mayol Bracero, O L ^h   Vali, G ⁱ   Anderson, J R ^j   Baker, B A ^k   Bandy, A R ^l   Brunet, E ^m   Brenguier, J L ^m   Brewer, W A ^f   Brown, P R A ⁿ   Chuang, P ^o   Cotton, W R ^p   Di Girolamo, L ^a   Geerts, B ⁱ   Gerber, H ^q   Goke S ^a   Gomes, L ^m   Heikes, B G ^r   Hudson, J G ^s   Kollias, P ^t   Lawson, R P ^k   Krueger, S K ^u   Lenschow, D H ^c   Nuijens, L ^b,v   O'Sullivan, D W ^w   Rilling, R A ^c   Rogers, D C ^c   Siebesma, A P ^x   Snodgrass, F ^a   Stith, J L ^c   Thornton, D C ^l   Tucker, S ^f   Twohy, C H ^y   Zuidema, P ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^j ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k SPEC INC   (United States)

^l DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

ⁿ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^q GERBER SCIENTIFIC INC   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^s DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^t BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^v WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^w UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^x ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^y OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

CUMULUS; WIND CLOUDS;

RAIN;

EID: 38949157156     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-12-1912     Document Type: Article

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