Investigation of microphysical processes occurring in organized convection during name

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2167-2187

  Rowe, Angela K ^a   Rutledge, Steven A ^a   Lang, Timothy J ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Convective storms; Monsoons; Radars Radar observations

Indexed keywords

CELL TYPES; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COASTAL PLAIN; CONVECTIVE STORMS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DROP FREEZING; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; ICE MASS; ICE PRODUCTION; ISOLATED CELLS; ME-XICO; MELTING ICE; MESOSCALE; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MIDLATITUDES; MONSOONS; NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON EXPERIMENTS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY;

ICE; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

RAIN;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; RAINFALL; STORM; TOPOGRAPHY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84864859092     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00124.1     Document Type: Article

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