Sensitivity of the estimated monthly convective rain fraction to the choice of Z-R relation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 452-462

  Steiner, Matthias ^a,b   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE RAINFALL; PRECIPITATION; RADAR REFLECTIVITY; RAIN FRACTION; RAINFALL RATE;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, DARWIN; USA, FLORIDA, MELBOURNE;

EID: 0031431041     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0452:SOTEMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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