A-Train observations of deep convective storm tops

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 229-248

  Setvák, Martin ^a   Bedka, Kristopher ^b   Lindsey, Daniel T ^c   Sokol, Alois ^d   Charvát, Zdeněk ^a   Šťástka, Jindřich ^a,e   Wang, Pao K ^f  

^a CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

A Train, CloudSat; CALIPSO; Cold ring shape; Cold U shape; Convective storm; Enhanced V feature; Lower stratosphere; MODIS; Overshooting top; Storm top

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; COLD-RING SHAPE; COLD-U SHAPE; CONVECTIVE STORMS; ENHANCED-V FEATURE; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MODIS; STORM-TOP;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

STORMS;

AQUA (SATELLITE); BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE; STORM; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84874345776     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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