Surface radar-derived convective rainfall associations with Midwest US land surface conditions in summer seasons 1999 and 2000

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 315-330

  Matyas, Corene J ^a   Carleton, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

CORN BELT; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73149089647     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0144-7     Document Type: Article

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