Spatial distribution and diurnal variation of cumuliform clouds during Indian Summer Monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Raut, Bhupendra A ^a   Karekar, R N ^a   Puranik, Dileep M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ANNUAL RAINFALL; BAY OF BENGAL; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE IMAGES; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COLD CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL DISTRIBUTIONS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EAST COAST; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INFRARED DATA; MESOSCALE FEATURES; METEOSAT; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TROUS WAVELET; WAVELET-BASED METHODS; WEST COAST;

CLOUDS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; CUMULUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; METEOSAT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVELET;

ARAKAN; ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MYANMAR; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 68749116346     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011153     Document Type: Article

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