Deep convective clouds at the tropopause

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1167-1176

  Aumann, H H ^a   Desouza Machado, S G ^b   Behrangi, A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; EOS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SEVERE WEATHER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 79951638874     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-1167-2011     Document Type: Article

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