A census of precipitation features in the tropics using TRMM: Radar, ice scattering, and lightning observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 4087-4106

  Nesbitt, S W ^a   Zipser, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LIGHTNING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; STORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS (MCS); POLARIZATION CORRECTED TEMPERATURES (PCT); PRECIPITATION RADARS (PR);

RAIN;

EID: 0034351744     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<4087:ACOPFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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