The Tracking and Prediction of High Intensity Rainstorms

Remote Sensing Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 151-183

  Bolla, Raffaele ^a   Boni, Giorgio ^a   Barbera, Paolo L A ^a   Lanza, Luca ^a   Marchese, Mario ^a   Zappatore, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADAR IMAGING; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD TRACKING APPROACH; INFRARED RADIOMETERS; MEDITERRANEAN AREA; RAINSTORMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

REMOTE SENSING;

FLOOD FORECASTING; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX; METEOSAT; PREDICTION; RADIOMETER; RAINSTORM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM TRACKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0030434039     PISSN: 02757257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757259609532316     Document Type: Article

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