Simulation of microphysical structure associated with tropical cloud clusters using mesoscale model and comparison with TRMM observations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2411-2432

  Abhilash, S ^a   Mohankumar, K ^a   Das, S ^b  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

CLOUD LIQUID WATER (CLW); MESOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE (MST); MICROPHYSICAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL CLOUD; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MESOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; RADIOSONDE; REFLECTIVITY; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 41549158738     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701408451     Document Type: Article

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