Rainfall characteristics associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene in Upstate South Carolina

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1257-1267

  Ulbrich, Carlton W ^a   Lee, Laurence G ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Oceanic/Atmospheric Adm   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOPPLER EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; STORMS;

RAINDROP SIZE SPECTRA;

RAIN;

LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR; RAINFALL; STORM;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036921477     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<1257:RCAWTR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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