CloudSat adding new insight into tropical penetrating convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Luo, Zhengzhao ^a   Liu, Guangyuan Y ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY OPERATIONS;

COLD POINTS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; LIFE-CYCLE; RADAR PROFILES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

CLOUDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD; HEIGHT; MODIS; RADAR; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 57749208352     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035330     Document Type: Article

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