New evidence of cloud invigoration from TRMM measurements of rain center of gravity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Heiblum, Reuven H ^a   Koren, Ilan ^a   Altaratz, Orit ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS;

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CENTER OF GRAVITY; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DYNAMIC FORCING; MARINE REGION; TEMPORAL VARIANCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

RAIN;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD; GRAVITY FIELD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRMM; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84860193470     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051158     Document Type: Article

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