Stratiform rain in the tropics as seen by the TRMM precipitation radar

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1739-1756

  Schumacher, Courtney ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; RADAR;

PRECIPITATION RADARS (PR);

RAIN;

EL NINO; LA NINA; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037594725     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<1739:SRITTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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