Verification of TMI-adjusted rainfall analyses of tropical cyclones at ECMWF using TRMM precipitation radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1677-1690

  Benedetti, Angela ^a   Lopez, P ^a   Moreau, E ^a,b   Bauer, P ^a   Venugopal, V ^c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVIMET   (France)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTIMIZATION; RAIN; STORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS (CO); PASSIVE MICROWAVE-ADJUSTED RAINFALL ANALYSES; SURFACE RAIN RATES; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 30344434613     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2300.1     Document Type: Article

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