Tropical cyclone cloud-top height and vertical temperature structure detection using GPS radio occultation measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5247-5259

  Biondi, Riccardo ^a,b   Ho, Shu Peng ^c   Randel, William ^d   Syndergaard, Stig ^e   Neubert, Torsten ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cloud top; convection; radio occultation; tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEAT CONVECTION; HURRICANES; RADIO; RADIOSONDES;

CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; GPS RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RADIOSONDE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA SET; GPS; NADIR; RADIOSONDE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84880316487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50448     Document Type: Article

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