TRMM observations of intraseasonal variability in convective regimes over the Amazon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1278-1294

  Petersen, Walter A ^a   Nesbitt, Stephen W ^a   Blakeslee, Richard J ^a   Cifelli, Robert ^a   Hein, Paul ^a   Rutledge, Stephen A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHTNING; RADAR; RAIN; WIND;

LIGHTNING IMAGER SENSORS (LIS);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVECTION; LIGHTNING; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AMAZON; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036608318     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<1278:TOOIVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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