Radar and rain gauge analysis of the extreme rainfall during hurricane Danny's (1997) landfall

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1869-1888

  Medlin, Jeffrey M ^a   Kimball, Sytske K ^b   Blackwell, Keith G ^b  

^a National Weather Service Forecast Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN GAGES; STORMS;

CONVECTIVE RAINBAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE LANDFALL;

RAIN;

ACCUMULATION RATE; HURRICANE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ALABAMA; DAUPHIN ISLAND; MOBILE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249656763     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3368.1     Document Type: Review

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