Incorporating the SSM/I-derived precipitable water and rainfall rate into a numerical model: A case study for the ERICA IOP-4 cyclone

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-108

  Xiao, Q ^a   Zou, X ^a   Kuo, Y H ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034121527     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0087:ITSIDP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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