Thermal structure of intense convective clouds derived from GPS radio occultations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5309-5318

  Biondi, R ^a   Randel, W J ^b   Ho, S P ^b   Neubert, T ^a   Syndergaard, S ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GPS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84880293126     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5309-2012     Document Type: Article

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