Convective system of the north Australian monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5091-5112

  Pope, Mick ^a   Jakob, Christian ^b   Reeder, Michael J ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

ANNUAL CYCLES; CLOUD SYSTEMS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DIURNAL CYCLES; GEOSTATIONARY METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; INITIAL EXPANSIONS; LIFE-TIMES; MARITIME CONVECTIONS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS; WET SEASONS; ZONAL FLOWS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EASTERLY WAVE; MONSOON; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; ZONAL FLOW;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 56349156145     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2304.1     Document Type: Article

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