The frequency of extreme rain events in satellite rain-rate estimates and an atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-69

  Wilcox, Eric M ^a,b   Donner, Leo J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; RAIN-RATE DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

EID: 33846429979     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3987.1     Document Type: Article

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