Observations of a super cloud cluster accompanied by synoptic-scale Eastward-propagating precipitating systems over the Indian ocean

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1456-1473

  Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoneyama, Kunio ^a   Katsumata, Masaki ^a   Shirooka, Ryuichi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Clouds; Indian Ocean; Microwave observations; Precipitation; Synoptic scale processes; Waves

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; CONVECTIVE CELL; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; KELVIN WAVES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MULTI-SCALE STRUCTURES; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE LEVEL; RAINFALL SYSTEMS; SHALLOW WAVES; SURFACE-BASED; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS; UPWARD MOTION; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE; WESTERN PACIFIC; ZONAL FLOWS;

CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL FLOW;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77955584534     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3151.1     Document Type: Article

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