On the differences in storm rainfall from hurricanes Isidore and Lili. Part I: Satellite observations and rain potential

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-43

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

^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

ALGORITHMS; HURRICANES; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

HEAVY RAIN; RAIN POTENTIAL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; WIND INTENSITY;

STORMS;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; DOPPLER RADAR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODING; HURRICANE EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 41949110296     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2005096.1     Document Type: Article

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