Applying satellite-estimated storm rotation speed to improve typhoon rainfall potential technique

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-269

  Liu, Gin Rong ^a   Chao, Chun Chieh ^a   Ho, Czu Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORMS; TRACKING (POSITION);

GEOSTATIONARY WEATHER SATELLITE INFRARED IMAGES; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER (SSM/I); TYPHOON RAINFALL POTENTIAL TECHNIQUE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; INFRARED IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SSM-I; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 44849087964     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2006101.1     Document Type: Article

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