The QBO's influence on lightning production and deep convection in the tropics

Variations in characteristics of tropical deep convection are examined for an association with the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO). Eight years (1998-2005) of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) flash densities and ten years (1998-2007) of TRMM Pr...

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Main Author: Hernandez, Celina Anne
Other Authors: Schumacher, Courtney
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Subjects:
QBO
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-3106
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-3106