Initialization with diabatic heating from satellite-derived rainfall

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 148-158

  Ma, Leiming ^a,b   Chan, Johnny ^a,e   Davidson, Noel E ^c   Turk, Joe ^d  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diabatic heating; Initialization; Rainfall; Simulation; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIABATIC HEATING; INFRARED SATELLITE CLOUD IMAGERY; SATELLITE-DERIVED RAINFALL;

STORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34249936934     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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