Revised identification of tropical oceanic cumulus congestus as viewed by CloudSat

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1587-1595

  Casey, S P F ^a,b   Fetzer, E J ^a   Kahn, B H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84878176675     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-1587-2012     Document Type: Article

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