610
layer structure, 193
morphology, 193
non-precipitating, 197
precipitating, 197
properties, 193
storm, 195
subtropical stratus, 463
top location, 194
tropical anvil, 41
conditional instability, 561
convection
tropical, 38
convective forcing, 478
conveyor belts, 133
correlation
eddy, 59
Curtis-Godson
approximation, 115
cycles
diurnal, 203
cyclogenesis, 475
cyclones
extratropical, 129
midlatitude, 464
tropical, 464
Debye,499
deep convection, 560
dielectric, 281
dielectric constant , 375
dimensional analysis, 62
dipole
electric , 103
dipole moment, 375
distributions
bi-modal, 196
cloud drop size distribution, 359
Marshall-Palmer dropsize distribution,
255
modified Gamma, 253
Doppler
broadening, 107
moments, 348
velocity, 360
width, 360
drizzle, 549
earth
observations, 194
Earth Observing System (EOS), 553
EFEDA, 24, 417
eigenvectors, 198
EI Nino, 203
electric field, 326
Electronically STeered Array Radiometer,
387
emission, 100
regime, 557
thermal, 194
Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF), 197
energy
levels, 102
potential energy
available, 53
turbulent kinetic, 65
ENSO,549
index, 203
entrainment, 48
ENVISAT,592
equation
Riccati type, 219
equivalent spheres, 47
ERBE, 40, 151
errors
regional, 33
sampling error, 554
ERS-1, 463, 464,490, 569
EUCREX,12
evaporation, 16, 23
over sea, 431
evaporative fraction, 421
evapotranspiration, 16, 23, 370
Fast Fourier Transform, 285
FIFE, 24
FIRE, 12, 38
flux
downward solar, 159
foot print, 156
fossil fuels, 43
Fourier
power spectra, 201
transform, 77
functions
temperature weighting, 120
wave, 104
gas absorption, 195
Geosat
altimeter, 474
GEWEX,151
GISS, 550