Probing regional orographic controls of precipitation and cloudiness in the Central Andes using satellite data

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-182

  Giovannettone, Jason P ^a,b   Barros, Ana P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hydrologic Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELEVATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EOS; HEADWATER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65349169002     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM973.1     Document Type: Article

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