Contribution of satellite and lightning data to convective rainfall frequency analysis

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 270, 2001, Pages 233-240

  Ramos, M H ^a   Senesi, S ^a   Creutin, J D ^a   Morel, C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Lightning data; Mesoscale convective system; Rainfall frequency analysis; Satellite images

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHTNING; REMOTE SENSING;

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LIGHTNING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0034822608     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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