On the vertical distribution of mean vertical velocities in the convective regions during the wet and dry spells of the monsoon over Gadanki

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 398-410

  Uma, K N ^a   Kumar, K Kishore ^a   Das, Siddarth Shankar ^a   Rao, T N ^b   Satyanarayana, T M ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Convection; Convective clouds; Convective parameterization; Deep convection; Dynamics; Radars Radar observations; Vertical motion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BACKGROUND WINDS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTION; DOUBLE PEAK; DRY SPELLS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; MEAN VERTICAL VELOCITY; MESOSPHERE-STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE RADARS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MIDTROPOSPHERE; REANALYSIS; SINGLE PEAK; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL STATIONS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; WET AND DRY; WIND SHEARS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

DROUGHT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSPHERE; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND SHEAR;

GADANKI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84863417583     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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