Rain-yeild per flash calculated from TRMM PR and LIS data and its relationship to the contribution of tall convective rain

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Takayabu, Yukari N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES;

RAIN-YIELDS PER FLASH; TALL CONVECTIVE RAIN;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LIGHTNING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; UPDRAFT;

CONVECTIVE RAIN; LARGE AMOUNTS; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSORS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES;

EID: 34250189745     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027531     Document Type: Article

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