Terminal versus transient cumulus congestus: A CloudSat perspective

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Luo, Zhengzhao ^a   Liu, G Y ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^b   Johnson, Richard H ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDSAT; DEEP CONVECTION; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR PROFILES; TRANSIENT MODES; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUDSAT; CUMULUS; MODIS; RADAR;

EID: 65649107288     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036927     Document Type: Article

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