Verification of hydrometeor properties simulated by a cloud-resolving model using a passive microwave satellite and ground-based radar observations for a rainfall system associated with the baiu front

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87 A, Issue , 2009, Pages 425-446

  Eito, Hisaki ^a   Aonashi, Kazumasa ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EOS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; SNOWMELT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 71549121098     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87a.425     Document Type: Article

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