Deep convection and "first echoes" within anvil precipitation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1877-1890

  Knight, Charles A ^a   Miller, L Jay ^a   Hall, William D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COOLING; HYDROMETERS; MELTING; MOISTURE; RADAR;

ANVIL PRECIPITATION; CONVECTIVE CELLS; GRAUPEL SHOWERS; SUPERCOOLED CLOUDS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 3943106042     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1877:DCAFEW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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