Precipitation distribution in tropical cyclones using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) microwave imager: A global perspective

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1645-1660

  Lonfat, Manuel ^a   Marks Jr , Frank D ^b   Chen, Shuyi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IMAGE SENSORS; OBSERVATORIES; RAIN; STORMS;

GLOBAL OCEANS; MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

CONDENSATION;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 3943071650     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1645:PDITCU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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