Relating passive 37-GHz scattering to radar profiles in strong convection

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 233-240

  Cecil, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Convective scale processes; Radars radar observations; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL ASIA; CONVECTIVE STORMS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; CONVECTIVE-SCALE PROCESSES; DEEP LAYER; FREEZING LEVELS; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; ICE WATER CONTENT; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADAR PROFILES; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; STRONG CONVECTIONS; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL LANDS; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; WATER CONTENT;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 79951606970     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2506.1     Document Type: Article

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