Composite vertical structure of vertical velocity in nonprecipitating cumulus clouds

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1673-1692

  Wang, Yonggang ^a   Geerts, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; FINE-SCALE STRUCTURES; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MEAN VERTICAL VELOCITY; TOROIDAL CIRCULATIONS; UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING KING AIRS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; LIFE CYCLE; VORTEX FLOW;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; DOPPLER RADAR; STRATIFICATION; VORTEX FLOW; WATER CONTENT;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84878175957     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00047.1     Document Type: Article

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