Basis for a rainfall estimation technique using IR-VIS cloud classification and parameters over the life cycle of mesoscale convective systems

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1500-1517

  Delgado, Germán ^a   Machado, Luiz A T ^b   Angelis, Carlos F ^b   Bottino, Marcus J ^b   Redano A ^a   Lorente, J ^a   Gimeno, L ^c,d   Nieto, R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; LIFE CYCLE; MOISTURE; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD CLASSIFICATIONS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; ESTIMATION METHODS; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; MOISTURE ADVECTIONS; PRECIPITATION RADARS; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS; RAINFALL RATES; SATELLITE DATUMS; SATELLITE INFORMATIONS; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES;

RAIN;

ADVECTION; ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; INFRARED IMAGERY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL;

EID: 57649155193     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1684.1     Document Type: Article

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