Influence of environmental moisture on TRMM-derived tropical cyclone precipitation over land and ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; FORECASTING; HURRICANE EFFECTS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC OCEANS; CASE STUDIES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; LAND CONDITIONS; LANDFALLING TROPICAL CYCLONES; LINEAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS; MOISTURE CONVERGENCES; MOISTURE PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; OCEAN CONDITIONS; OCEAN SURFACES; PERSISTENCE MODELS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONS; RAINFALL FIELDS; RAINFALL FORECASTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEVERAL VARIABLES; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATERS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; VERTICAL WIND SHEARS;

RAIN;

MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SURFACE FLUX; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 57049104603     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034658     Document Type: Article

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