Observational analysis of cloud and precipitation in midlatitude cyclones: Northern versus Southern hemisphere warm fronts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5135-5151

  Naud, Catherine M ^a   Posselt, Derek J ^b   Van Den Heever, Susan C ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Extratropical cyclones; Precipitation; Warm fronts; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; AEROSOL LIDARS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; COLD SEASON; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION RATES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WARM FRONTS; WARMING CLIMATE; WIND DAMAGE; WIND SPEED; WINTER/COOL SEASON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; MOISTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AMSR-E; CALIPSO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDSAT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WARM FRONT; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

EID: 84865145301     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00569.1     Document Type: Article

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