The effect of assimilating rain rates derived from satellites and lightning on forecasts of the 1993 superstorm

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1433-1457

  Alexander, G David ^a   Weinman, James A ^b   Karyampudi, V Mohan ^b   Olson, William S ^b   Lee, A C L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; LIGHTNING; RAINFALL INTENSITY; STORM;

EID: 0345476697     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1433:TEOARR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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