Vibo Valentia flood and MSG rainfall evaluation

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 286-294

  Chiaravalloti, Francesco ^a   Gabriele, Salvatore ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective rain; IR rain rate relationship; Medium small catchments; Meteosat; Rainfall estimates; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE RAIN; IR/RAIN RATE RELATIONSHIP; MEDIUM-SMALL CATCHMENTS; METEOSAT; RAINFALL ESTIMATES;

CATCHMENTS; GAGES; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLASH FLOOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOSAT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349185856     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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