Scaling of tropical rainfall as observed by TRMM precipitation radar

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 337-354

  Gebremichael, Mekonnen ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^b   Over, Thomas M ^c   Takayabu, Yukari N ^d   Arkin, Phillip ^e   Katayama, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Rainfall; Scaling; TRMM satellite

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; SCALING LAWS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

PRECIPITATION RADAR; SPATIAL RAINFALL FIELDS; TROPICAL RAINFALL;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 43049163822     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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