Radar signatures of the urban effect on precipitation distribution: A case study for Atlanta, Georgia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Mote, Thomas L ^a   Lacke, Matthew C ^a,b   Shepherd, J Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN;

PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; RADAR SIGNATURES; URBAN EFFECT;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR MASS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; PEACHTREE CITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349002695     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031903     Document Type: Article

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