Meso-γ-scale convective systems observed by a 443-MHz wind-profiling radar with RASS in the Okinawa subtropical region

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 996-1009

  Mikami, Aya ^a   Kawabata, Takuya ^b   Satoh, Shinsuke ^c   Furumoto, Jun Ichi ^a   Nagai, Seiji ^c   Murayama, Yasuhiro ^c   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meso scale convection; NHM model; RASS; Wind profiler

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS; CLOUD WATER; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; JAPAN STANDARD TIME; LOCAL TIME; MESOSCALE; NHM MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELS; RADAR SITES; RADIO ACOUSTIC SOUNDING SYSTEMS; RASS; SEA-BREEZE; STATIC STABILITY; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; TEMPORAL SCALE; THREE COMPONENT; VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE; WEST COAST; WIND PROFILER; WIND PROFILER RADAR; WIND VELOCITIES; WIND-PROFILING RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; SUN; WATER CONTENT;

RADAR;

EID: 79955747792     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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