On the differences in storm rainfall from hurricanes Isidore and Lili. Part II: Water budget

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-61

  Jiang, Haiyan ^a,b,c   Halverson, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Simpson, Joanne ^b   Zipser, Edward J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HURRICANES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OCEAN MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITABLE WATER; WATER BUDGET;

STORMS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; FLOODING; HURRICANE EVENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 41949109104     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2005120.1     Document Type: Article

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