Passive microwave brightness temperatures as proxies for hailstorms

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1281-1286

  Cecil, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; LUMINANCE; MICROWAVES; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE; THUNDERSTORMS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HAIL; LIGHTNING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THUNDERSTORM; UPDRAFT;

EID: 67651248253     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2125.1     Document Type: Article

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