Hurricane "rainfall potential" derived from satellite observations aids overland rainfall prediction

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 944-959

  Jiang, Haiyan ^a,b,c,d   Halverson, Jeffrey B ^a   Simpson, Joanne ^b   Zipser, Edward J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITES; STORMS; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC OCEANS; FORECAST ERRORS; HEAVY RAINS; HURRICANE SEASONS; LANDFALLING; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONS; RAINFALL INDICES; RAINFALL PREDICTIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TIME PERIODS; TRANSLATION SPEEDS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UNITED STATES;

RAIN;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; HURRICANE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049170446     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1619.1     Document Type: Article

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