Comments on "Rainfall modification by major urban areas: Observations from spaceborne rain radar on the TRMM satellite"

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 941-950

  Diem, Jeremy E ^a   Coleman, Lakeisha B ^a   Digirolamo, Paul A ^a   Gowens, Colin W ^a   Hayden, Nils R ^a   Unger, Edward E ^a   Wetta, Gerald B ^a   Williams, Heather A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 3543109644     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0941:CORMBM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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