An investigation of warm-season spatial rainfall variability in Oklahoma City: Possible linkages to urbanization and prevailing wind

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-269

  Hand, Lauren M ^a   Shepherd, J Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION FACTORS; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; DAILY RAINFALL; GLOBAL SCALE; GRID CELLS; GROUND BASED; OKLAHOMA CITY; PREVAILING WINDS; RADAR NETWORK; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL ANOMALY; RAINFALL EFFECT; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES; SPATIAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WARM SEASON RAINFALL;

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES;

RAIN;

CORRELATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION; WIND;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149120280     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC2036.1     Document Type: Article

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