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The temperatures at the tops of radar echoes associated with various cloud systems
Author(s) -
Jones R. F.
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49707632906
Subject(s) - tops , atmosphere (unit) , echo (communications protocol) , radar , meteorology , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , geology , remote sensing , physics , optics , computer science , azimuth , telecommunications , computer network
Abstract Evidence is produced to support the belief that temperatures at the tops of weather echoes are an indication of the relative strengths of the vertical currents within the echoes. Two types of weather echo are indicated according as the vertical currents are strong or weak, giving support to a theory for two different methods for the production of water drops of raindrop size in the atmosphere.