A statistical study on rain characteristics of tropical cyclones using TRMM satellite data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3848-3862

  Yokoyama, Chie ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIO RECEIVERS; RAIN GAGES; RING GAGES; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPICS;

ANNUAL RAINFALLS; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITIES; FLASH RATES; INNER CORES; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STRATIFORM RAINS; TOTAL RAINFALLS; TRMM SATELLITE DATUMS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 57149141165     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2408.1     Document Type: Article

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