Note on the weekly cycle of storm heights over the southeast United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Bell, Thomas L ^a   Yoo, Jung Moon ^b   Lee, Myong In ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLOUDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FREEZING; HEIGHT; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350048776     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012041     Document Type: Article

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