Mesoscale Group CloudSat and CALIPSO-related publications

Cetrone, J., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2009: Anvil clouds of tropical mesoscale convective systems in monsoon regions. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 135, 305-317.

images/Y-H-2010_F2Yuan, J., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2010: Global variability of mesoscale convective system anvil structure from A-train satellite data. J. Climate, 23, 5864-5888.

Yuan, J., R. A. Houze, Jr., and A. Heymsfield, 2011: Vertical structures of anvil clouds of tropical mesoscale convective systems observed by CloudSat. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1653-1674.

Yuan, J., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2013: Deep convective systems observed by A-Train in the tropical Indo-Pacific region affected by the MJO. J. Atmos Sci., 70, 465–486.

V-H-2015_F5.pngVirts, K. S., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2015: Clouds and water vapor in the tropical tropopause transition layer over mesoscale convective systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4739–4753, doi: dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0122.1.

Virts, K. S., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2015: Variation of lightning in mesoscale convective systems within the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1932-1944, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0201.1.

Virts, K. S., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2016: Seasonal and intraseasonal variability of mesoscale convective systems over the South Asian monsoon regionJ. Atmos. Sci., accepted.