Estimation of latent heating of rainfall during the onset of the Indian Monsoon using TRMM PR and radiosonde data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 328-349

  Magagi, Ramata ^a   Barros, Ana P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES; RAIN;

LATENT HEATING; MOIST LAYER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1842865108     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0328:EOLHOR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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