Deep convection and upper-tropospheric humidity: A look from the A-Train

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Savtchenko, Andrey ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; ALL-SKY; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MODEL OUTPUTS; SEASONAL SCALE; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HUMIDITY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 66949148742     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037508     Document Type: Article

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