Frequency of deep convective clouds in the tropical zone from 10 years of AIRS data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 10795-10806

  Aumann, H H ^a   Ruzmaikin, A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AIRS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84887414086     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10795-2013     Document Type: Article

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