Retrieved vertical profiles of latent heat release using TRMM rainfall products for February 1988

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 957-982

  Tao, W K ^a   Lang, S ^a   Olson, W S ^a   Meneghini, R ^a   Yang, S ^a   Simpson, J ^a   Kummerow, C ^a   Smith, E ^a   Halverson, J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEATING; HYDROMETERS; RAIN; TROPICS;

LATENT HEAT;

METEOROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RAINFALL; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035359633     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<0957:RVPOLH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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