Unexpected peak near -15°C in CloudSat echo top climatology

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Riley, Emily M ^a   Mapes, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDSAT; DATA ARTIFACTS; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; EXTRATROPICS; GROUND RADARS; TROPICAL OCEAN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR;

TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDSAT; RADAR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68249141398     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037558     Document Type: Article

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