Observed variations in convective precipitation fraction and stratiform area with sea surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Rondanelli, Roberto ^a,b   Lindzen, Richard S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFORM CLOUD; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOOTHING;

CLOUDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; GROUND BASED RADAR; ONE STEP; PIXEL SIZE; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

KWAJALEIN; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 56249132174     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010064     Document Type: Article

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