Monsoon convection in the Himalayan region as seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 627, 2007, Pages 1389-1411

  Houze Jr , Robert A ^a   Wilton, Darren C ^a   Smull, Bradley F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; Convective echoes; Deep convection; Orographic precipitation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

CONVECTIVE ECHOES; DEEP CONVECTION; MONSOON CONVECTION; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; RADAR ECHOES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ECHO SOUNDING; MONSOON; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 35548991787     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.106     Document Type: Article

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