The contribution to tropical rainfall with respect to convective system type, size, and intensity estimated from the 85-GHz ice-scattering signature

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 596-606

  Mohr, Karen I ^a   Famiglietti, James S ^a   Zipser, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ICE CRYSTAL; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RAINFALL; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032847289     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0596:TCTTRW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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