Characteristics of monsoon rainfall around the Himalayas revealed by TRMM precipitation radar

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-165

  Bhatt, Bhuwan Chandra ^a   Nakamura, K ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RIVERS;

HIMALAYAS; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION RADARS (PR); SAMPLING ERRORS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

EID: 14344255597     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-2846.1     Document Type: Article

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