Diurnal variability of tropical rainfall retrieved from combined GOES and TRMM satellite information

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 983-1001

  Sorooshian, S ^a   Gao, X ^a   Hsu, K ^a   Maddox, R A ^a   Hong, Y ^a   Gupta, H V ^a   Imam, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

SEASONAL SIGNALS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

(EAST); (NORTH); AMAZON; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BAY OF BENGAL; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN SEA; MALAYSIA; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; RONDONIA STATE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036572538     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0983:DVOTRR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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