Convective cloud vertical velocity and mass-flux characteristics from radar wind profiler observations during GoAmazon2014/5

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 12,891-12,913

  Giangrande, Scott E ^a   Toto, Tami ^a   Jensen, Michael P ^a   Bartholomew, Mary Jane ^a   Feng, Zhe ^b   Protat, Alain ^c   Williams, Christopher R ^d   Schumacher, Courtney ^e   Machado, Luiz ^f  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MAGNITUDE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROFILER; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SEASONALITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84999836812     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025303     Document Type: Article

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