Satellite-derived rain rates in vertically sheared tropical cyclones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Cecil, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND STRESS;

TROPICAL CYCLONES; WIND SHEAR;

STORMS;

MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548027731     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027942     Document Type: Article

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