Composite life cycle of maritime tropical mesoscale convective systems in scatterometer and microwave satellite observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-208

  Mapes, Brian ^a   Milliff, Ralph ^b   Morzel, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NWRA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD CLOUDS; DATA SETS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; PRECIPITABLE WATERS; ROTATING CONDITIONS; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND CONVERGENCES; SURFACE WINDS; TROPICAL MESOSCALE; VORTEX STRETCHING;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TROPICS; VORTICITY;

LIFE CYCLE;

CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA SET; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; VORTICITY;

EID: 64049098463     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2746.1     Document Type: Article

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