A spatial analysis of radar reflectivity regions within Hurricane Charley (2004)

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-142

  Matyas, Corene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATIONS; EDGE ROUGHNESS; HURRICANE CHARLEY; LANDFALLING; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAIN GAUGES; RAIN RATES; RAINBANDS; RAINFALL RATES; REFLECTIVITY VALUES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ATTRIBUTES; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATIONS; TRANSITION REGIONS;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADAR; RAIN;

REFLECTION;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 65349181618     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1910.1     Document Type: Article

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