Convective vertical velocity and cloud internal vertical structure: An A-Train perspective

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 723-729

  Luo, Zhengzhao Johnny ^a   Jeyaratnam, Jeyavinoth ^a   Iwasaki, Suginori ^b   Takahashi, Hanii ^c,d   Anderson, Ricardo ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective vertical velocity; Tropical Convection

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; OVERPASSES; VELOCITY;

CONVECTIVE PLUME; IR MEASUREMENTS; LONG TAIL; POSITIVELY SKEWED; SPACE-BORNE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

EID: 84893185049     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058922     Document Type: Article

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