Detailed flow, hydrometeor and lightning characteristics of an isolated thunderstorm during COPS

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 6679-6698

  Schmidt, K ^a   Hagen, M ^a   Holler H ^a   Richard, E ^b   Volkert, H ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LIGHTNING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84869055491     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6679-2012     Document Type: Article

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