Contribution of mesoscale convective complexes to rainfall in Sahelian Africa: Estimates from geostationary infrared and passive microwave data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 957-964

  Laing, Arlene G ^a,d   Fritsch, J Michael ^b   Negri, Andrew J ^c  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL INTENSITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0032738107     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0957:COMCCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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