TRMM radar observations of shallow precipitation over the tropical oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 4107-4124

  Short, D A ^a   Nakamura, K ^a  

^a ENSCO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINSTORM; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

PRECIPITATION RADARS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM) SATELLITES;

RAIN;

EID: 0034351738     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<4107:TROOSP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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